Dreamachine

Description

Co-founded by Rahill Jamalifard and Lenny Lynch, both from Detroit, Habibi made their debut in Brooklyn in 2011, garnering early acclaim everywhere from Pitchfork and NME to All Things Considered and The New Yorker, which praised the band for infusing "the Colgate white shine of 60s girl group pop with an uncensored edge." Dreamachine, Habibi's enchanting new album released on Kill Rock Stars, marks a significant sonic evolution for the band, rising beyond the garage rock roots of the critically acclaimed quintet to arrive at a singular whirlwind of analog and digital elements that underpin their quest for spiritual and physical transcendence. Produced by Tyler Love and his longtime collaborator Jay Heiselmann and featuring MGMT's multi-instrumentalist James Richardson, the collection draws inspiration from a blend of post-punk, experimental pop, and vintage disco, evoking Tom Verlaine, Diana Ross, Kate Bush, and Kim Deal, all filtered through the band's shared love for Middle Eastern psychedelic music. The songs here are their own distinct worlds, each an immersive quest in pursuit of something greater, and the band's performances are relentless and hypnotic, driven by lush synthesizers, jittery guitars, and a muscular rhythm section. The result is a record as fearless as it is thrilling, a work that is both fierce and joyful, soaring to new heights while contemplating desire and escape, love and surrender, rebellion and reality.