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"Go Outside" LISTEN: https://bayonet.nyc/gooutside WATCH: https://youtu.be/WNxoGvFppCU
(June 6, 2023) - Today, Atlanta three-piece Kibi James announce their debut full-length album, delusions, out August 25th on Bayonet Records. The band consists of Mari (guitar, keys), MJ Corless (bass) and Pomi Abebe (drums) joining forces in crafting intoxicating dreamy melodies. Throughout the album, their soft, siren-like voices weave between English and Spanish reflecting on love in its many forms – romantic, familial, self – but most prominently the love that comes from their friendship. Co-produced, recorded and mixed by Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, SPELLLING, Toro y Moi) at Chase Park Studios in Athens, GA, and mastered by Heba Kadry, delusions is laden with vividly lush portraits of the places they call home – Atlanta, their community, their physical house they share together, and the sense of home they find in one another. Speaking on the title of the album, MJ says “For artists trying to survive in this capitalist world, I think some level of delusion is necessary.”
Alongside the announcement of the album the trio are sharing their first single “Go Outside” that comes alongside an accompanying music video shot in the natural landscapes of Prado Colombia layered with surreal imagery. The song narrates the want to go outside and to feel the warmth of the sun, the wind, and the peacefulness of nature, but the overpowering sorrow of the world becomes a stopping force from experiencing that release. Instrumentally, the song is stripped down, driven primarily by an enchanting, hypnotic guitar. As the lyrical message follows, the song devolves into thick, discordant layers.
While the outside world is often a source of chaos, Kibi James finds security and intimacy in their shared domestic life together – the details of which come in the form of the intimate narratives and memories that make up delusions. Together they channel the blissful sweetness of ‘90s indie pop and shibuya-kei, calling to mind the voices of Sweet Trip’s Valerie Cooper, 800 cherries and Saint Etienne. They harmonize in both English and Spanish as their voices cozily intertwine, singing of their hopes for the future over hazy, treated guitars and the gentle pattering of drums. The sensual palette of Kibi James is one adorned with pastel hues and dense greenery, exploring the nuances of relationships between people and the world, interpersonally and ecologically.
Watch "Go Outside" above and stay tuned for more from Kibi James coming soon. | 
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