Review
Maribou State's "Hallucinating Love" unfolds like morning mist lifting from a forest floor, revealing layers of beauty that shimmer and dance in the filtered sunlight. This ten-track expedition through electronic terrain feels as organic as wind through willows, with lush arrangements that rustle and whoosh like autumn leaves caught in a gentle breeze. The opening track "Blackoak" sets the tone with its amateur choir echoing through a country house stairwell—imagine the sound bouncing off stone walls like bird calls in a canyon. Tracks like "Otherside," "All I Need," and the pulsing "Eko's" flutter between dance rhythms and folk sensibilities, creating something that feels both rooted in earth and reaching toward sky.
What makes this album sparkle like dewdrops on spider silk is how it transforms darker experiences into something luminous and hopeful. The duo's collaboration with various voices creates a sense of community that's as warm as a campfire circle, with each contribution adding its own unique chirp to the collective song. The emotional honesty flows as naturally as a mountain stream, carrying listeners from shadowed valleys into sun-drenched meadows. For the full experience, I'd recommend settling into a grove of silver birch trees just as the golden hour begins, letting these sounds wash over you like gentle rain on leaves. - Saskia
