so, ho hum by moribet

At the core of the whimsical experimentation of So, Ho Hum, Moribet sits effortlessly compelling songs in the folksy singer-songwriter tradition, fighting desperately to shine their human radiance through a suffocating film of lo fi electronica. The result bends chiptune into the shape of Elliot Smith, taking the brilliant melodies of Sufjan Stevens, making a run for the edgy electronic sounds of Jockstrap, and blowing straight past anything that has touched the mainstream before. Taking a radical dive into progressive sound design while pumping the brakes on songwriting abstraction, Moribet designs a future that keeps art sensitively human yet boldly innovative in an era where innovation frequently strips agency and expression from the human hand. Dispositionally twee, aesthetically unique, and instantly unforgettable, the sounds of So, Ho Hum point an optimistic hand towards a new year of electronic music as the artillery of technocapital bears down with exponential intensity on every form of art.