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Hotel Valentine

Cibo Matto

Hotel Valentine

Third album and first since reforming in 2011 from the New York-based Japanese avant-pop duo released on Sean Lennon's label

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
Chimera Music
UK Release date
10/02/2014
US Release date
11/02/2014
  1. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The supernaturally surreal songs of Hotel Valentine are humorous, charmingly eccentric, challenging, accessible and deftly ingenious
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  2. 8.0 |   Spin

    Ostensibly a supernatural tale, Hotel Valentine challenges the listener to reflect on life, death, and nothingness. Whether that inspires joy or terror depends on you, but it'll inspire something
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  3. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Given Cibo Matto’s 15-year disappearance, the record is a surprising achievement, more mature than their past work, but still “out there” in that charming Cibo Matto way
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  4. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    It only takes a brief acknowledgement of the conceptual thrust behind Hotel Valentine to get the feeling that their reunion has a more intent purpose than mere let's-get-the-band-back-together restlessness
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  5. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Their bright sound is a touch moodier on their first album in 15 years
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  6. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    We're lured in by the lulling groove of 'Housekeeping', the playful vocalizing of guest Reggie Watts keeping the disquiet at bay for a little bit. But then that maid keeps saying she's going to "set us free," And then, before we know it, we're floating
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  7. 5.8 |   A.V. Club

    A fine addition to the limited canon of colorful post-punk all-girl trip-hop records, but can’t avoid sounding like the relic that label implies
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  8. 5.5 |   Under The Radar

    This loose, wonky concept album about ghosts living in a hotel is a callback to the genre-twisting irreverence which made their unusual debut LP (10 songs about food!) a mid-'90s alternative era staple, but Hotel Valentine isn't free of dust and cobwebs
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