Flora Hibberd - Mammoth - Transparent Chartreuse Vinyl LP | Pre-Order 16.10.26

The voice draws you in, calmly at first. But soon we realise something's not right, a volatility churns beneath the surface of Flora Hibberd's Mammoth, the second record from the British songwriter in as many years. An evolution from the lush acoustic warmth of debut album Swirl, these are ten songs shot through with the energy of an epoch, gone electric, raging and vital. Things in tumult: Hibberd's voice is the arrow to the heart, refracted through pond water and mirrored back strangely in the voices, the beings that coalesce around her. Produced by Ben Lanz (Beirut, The National), the songs of Mammoth walk a vertiginous tightrope, stirred by the electronic waves of Lanz's modular synthesisers and buoyed up by the bodily embrace of his magnificently arranged brass sections. Hibberd's initial folk-leanings have disappeared, making way for a tense, tight sound - the raw and fluid drums of Lucien Chatin, the frank bass lines of Nils Sørensen, the feverish guitar of Victor Claass, her longtime collaborator. Figures emerge from the thicket, offer their own voices: Sufjan Stevens (Ache, Perfect Ripple), This Is The Kit's Kate Stables and Lonny (Deltaplane, Mythic Figure) and J.E. Sunde (Shelley, Dew Pond). Crafted first as demos by Flora, Ben and Victor in Le Vésinet over half a year, the drums, bass and guitar were then recorded live by Ben at Aaron Dessner's studio Mini Pond in the Basque Country. Lovingly mixed in Paris by Étienne Caylou and mastered with aplomb by Chab, Mammoth glistens with a pop sheen without ever tempering its jagged edges.

Track Listing

Bowling Ball
Silent Movie Baby
Perfect Ripple
Deltaplane
Mythic Figure
Ache
Mammoth
Dew Pond
Shelley
Hares On The Mountain

Specifications

• Artist: Flora Hibberd
• Album: Mammoth
• Format: LP
• Edition: Transparent Chartreuse Vinyl LP
• Label: 22TWENTY
• Catalogue Number: LP22T006C
• Barcode: 634457268654
• Genre: Indie & Alternative

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