posted by Ariana on December 8, 2011
First, and to disclaim, there’s nothing new from Bibio (at least I don’t think so). This song is just new to me! Second I’d like to acknowledge some facts. I realize that my previous Bibio post was wildly idealistic, perhaps even grotesquely so, but I still stand by it because it is true. The following song, which fits into that schema, was released this summer. It intended to be a summer song – just look at the title. But perhaps that makes it all the more stirring now that the leaves are all gone and the winter is upon us.
“Don’t Summarize My Summer Eyes” is a fabulous wordplay and a marvelous instrumental. Bibio generally uses his voice like an instrument, not really giving precedence to the vocabulary except when the words warrant comprehension. This and many other Bibio songs evoke a barren city, a pale sunlight, a glinting body of water on the verge of solidity (specifically the beginning and end of “Don’t Summarize”). They are luxuriously bleak. They put me in a lonesome, observational mood, but I don’t mean this in a bad way. In fact, let me rephrase. Some Bibio songs make it perfectly acceptable to be alone and observational. Or they highlight that lonesomeness that is latent in everyone.
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