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Anywhere But Here (Deluxe Reissue)

by Habibi

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    ***First Pressing Color Vinyl*** Remastered from the original audio this pressing includes a bonus 7" with 4 covers of songs originally by The Savages, Kleenex, Delta 5 and Quix*o*tic.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Anywhere But Here (Deluxe Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition color vinyl bundle of the deluxe reissues of "Habibi" and "Anywhere But Here." Each LP including a bonus 7" and DL cards with all bonus content.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Anywhere But Here (Deluxe Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The original album on CD for the first time! Bandcamp DL includes 4 covers of songs originally by The Savages, Kleenex, Delta 5 and Quix*o*tic.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Anywhere But Here (Deluxe Reissue) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $12 USD  or more

     

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Angel Eyes 04:43
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Bad News 03:33
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Flowers 04:21
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Stronghold 03:30
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Brooklyn's Habibi brought an explosive and celebratory fun to their self-titled 2014 debut. That brief collection was overflowing with bubblegum melodies, upbeat pop, and the kind of giddy excitement that bands only revel in during their earliest stages. Six years later, sophomore album Anywhere But Here retains some of that excitement, but sees the band expanding into moodier expression, more complex songwriting, and an expanded instrumentation that includes occasional Middle Eastern touches. This kind of progression was hinted at on the band's 2018 EP Cardamom Garden, which saw them incorporating Persian hand percussion and lyrics sung in Farsi into shadowy rock tunes. Anywhere But Here splits its track list between higher-energy power pop songs like the attitude-heavy "Misunderstood" and more simmering, downtempo slow burns like "Flowers." On the moodier songs, spindly surf-rock guitar leads blur into reverb-coated vocal harmonies. The relaxed pace and sun-dazed atmosphere of "Angel Eyes" sounds like the Allah-Las at their most subdued, but before long, Habibi calls on the jittery fire of their earliest material for the dancey garage pop of "Bad News." Both Habibi's pop-friendly and atmospheric sides grow on Anywhere But Here, with more direct hooks on songs like "Hate Everyone But You" and a daring willingness to explore outside of their known parameters on songs like album-closer "Come My Habibi." Along with auxiliary percussion from a tombak player, the song finds a droning riff stretching into a psychedelic workout, taking the band further out than they've ventured before. Being able to break new, more serious ground without losing any of the pop core that made the band so fun to begin with is the album's key strength. Anywhere But Here not only has some of Habibi's most adventurous songs, but also some of their best yet.

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released November 18, 2022

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Habibi New York, New York

Co-founded by Detroit natives Rahill Jamalifard and Lenny Lynch, Habibi got its start in Brooklyn in 2011, earning early raves everywhere from Pitchfork to The New Yorker. Dreamachine, Habibi’s mesmerizing new record, marks a major sonic evolution, rising beyond the critically acclaimed five-piece’s garage rock roots to arrive at a singular swirl of analog and digital elements. ... more

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