Time 'n' Place
by Kero Kero Bonito
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 October 2018
- Label: Polyvinyl, Polyvinyl Record Company
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 32:53
- Community rating: 3.61/5 from 12 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Time 'n' Place' represents a significant stylistic pivot from Kero Kero Bonito's earlier synth-pop, embracing a guitar-driven sound informed by indie rock, shoegaze, and noise pop. Produced by the band's Gus Lobban, the album's shift to live instrumentation, featuring distorted guitars and analog arrangements, underscores more mature and introspective lyrical themes of loss, nostalgia, and suburban life. While retaining their knack for pop hooks, the work balances this with a rawer, more chaotic aesthetic that redefined the group's sonic identity.
Genres
Descriptors: synth, electronic, infectious, maximalist, glossy
Tracklist
- Outside (01:51)
- Time Today (02:11)
- Only Acting (03:49)
- Flyway (01:58)
- Dump (03:01)
- Make Believe (03:27)
- Dear Future Self (02:46)
- Visiting Hours (02:25)
- If I'd Known (02:43)
- Sometimes (02:01)
- Swimming (03:19)
- Rest Stop (03:22)
Credits
- Sarah Midori Perry - vocals
- Gus Lobban - drums, keyboards, backing vocals (on "Visiting Hours"), production
- Jamie Bulled - bass, vocals (on "If I'd Known")
- James Rowland - guitar, noise
- Cecile Believe - backing vocals
- Elaiza Santos - backing vocals
- Oscar - backing vocals, extra vocals (on "Sometimes")
- Jennifer Walton - noise (on "Outside" and "Rest Stop")
- George - extra vocals (on "Sometimes")
- Yasmin - extra vocals (on "Sometimes")
- Calum "Bo-En" Bowen - extra vocals (on "Sometimes"), string arrangement (on "Dear Future Self")
- Aggie - extra vocals (on "Sometimes")
- Cindy Foster - violins (on "Dear Future Self")
- Greta Mutlu - violins (on "Dear Future Self")
- Alex Plant-Smith - cello (on "Dear Future Self")
- Jimmy Robertson - band recording
- Andy Ramsay - engineering, additional recording
- Anthony Lim - mixing, mastering (at Premier Mastering)