151A

by Kishi Bashi

Overview

151A, the full-length studio debut from singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/Jupiter One co-founder, and Of Montreal and Regina Spektor touring member K Ishibashi (Kishi Bashi), delivers a trippy, intensely melodic set of nine cosmic chamber rock songs that fall somewhere between the classically minded indie pop of Jonsi, Owen Pallett, and the grandiose, gravity-defying psych-bombs that the Flaming Lips have been dropping since the Soft Bulletin. Like Patrick Wolf and the aforementioned Pallett, Ishibashi's a violinist by trade, and his bow tricks and intricate arrangements provide stand-out cuts like the apocalyptic "Atticus, In the Desert," the effusive, Afro-pop-kissed "Bright Whites," and the swirling, epic closer "Beat the Bright Out of Me" with enough gravitas to withstand their many quirks. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/10/2012
Label:	Joyful Noise
UPC:	0656605773117
Rank:	65154

Tracks

1. Intro/Pathos, Pathos
2. Manchester
3. Bright Whites
4. It All Began with a Burst
5. Wonder Woman, Wonder Me
6. Chester's Burst Over the Hamptons
7. Atticus, In the Desert
8. I Am the Antichrist to You
9. Beat the Bright Out of Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kishi Bashi   Primary Artist
Nicolas Gould   Primary Artist,Vocals,Handclapping
Bryan Poole   Primary Artist,Handclapping,Vocals
Thayer Serrano   Primary Artist,Vocals,Handclapping
Clayton Rychlik   Primary Artist,Vocals,Percussion,Handclapping
James Huggins III   Primary Artist,Handclapping,Vocals
Dottie Alexander   Primary Artist,Vocals,Handclapping
Davey Pierce   Drums (Snare)
Sola Ravel   Children's Voices
Jarrod Fowler   Bowed Metal
Yoed Nir   Electric Cello,Cello
The Anthens Biohazard Manplayers   Vocals,Choir/Chorus,Handclapping
Nicolas Dobbratz   Tambourine

Technical Credits

Jerrod Landon Porter   Cover Art
Kishi Bashi   Mixing,Composer,Musician,Producer
Katie Belle Moore   Photography
David J. Woodruff   Cover Art
Drew Vandenberg   Mixing