Hopefully, Again

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Personnel: Federica Caiozzo (vocals, guitar, piano, celesta, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ); Giampaolo Speziale (guitar, piano, drums); Alberto Paone (drums, percussion). Audio Mixer: Richard Formby. Recording information: Giant Wafer Studios, Wales. After a chance meeting in 2015, Italian singer/songwriters Federica Caiozzo and Giampaolo Speziale turned their budding romance into the full-fledged musical project Malihini, capturing the intimacy and sensuality of their relationship on debut LP Hopefully, Again. Their vocal interplay creates a tension and warmth similar to the xx, all while transmitting an effortlessly languid coolness on each track. Produced by Richard Formby (Wild Beasts, Ghostpoet), Hopefully, Again also features drumming by Alberto Paone with the remaining instrumental duties provided by Caiozzo and Speziale themselves. In addition to the xx similarities on highlights such as "A House on a Boat" and "Nefertiti," the pair also echo Arcade Fire's Regine Chassagne-fronted pop tracks on "Delusional Boy" and Interpol's dramatic, post-punk textures on "The Afterdays." Still, despite faint allusions to familiar styles, their aesthetic is fully realized and distinctive, shimmering like the light bouncing off the calm blue waters of the album's cover art. Released just two years after their debut EP, Hopefully, Again is worlds away in terms of artistic maturity, with focused delivery and tightened songcraft elevating each song. Languid and hazy, Hopefully, Again basks in its own luxuriant afterglow, an ideal soundtrack to the comedown. ~ Neil Z. Yeung