Time 'n' Place

Time 'n' Place
Studio album by Kero Kero Bonito
Released 1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)
Recorded 2017–2018[1]
Studio Press Play, Bermondsey
Gus' room, Bromley[1]
Genre Dream pop,[2] noise pop,[3] indie rock[4]
Length 32:53
Label Polyvinyl
Producer Gus Lobban
Kero Kero Bonito chronology
TOTEP
(2018)		 Time 'n' Place
(2018)
Singles from Time 'n' Place
  1. "Only Acting"
    Released: 12 February 2018[5]
  2. "Time Today"
    Released: 8 May 2018[6]
  3. "Make Believe"
    Released: 17 September 2018[7]

Time 'n' Place is the second studio album by British indie pop band Kero Kero Bonito, released on 1 October 2018 through Polyvinyl Record Co.[1] Released with no prior announcement, it is their first album released under Polyvinyl.[8] It includes the previously released singles "Only Acting" (which was also featured on their TOTEP EP), "Time Today", and "Make Believe".[8]

Background

The album represents a departure from the band's sound showcased in their debut album, Bonito Generation. During the tour of the album, the band played in Jakarta, Indonesia, where, in producer and drummer Gus Lobban's words, "the band experienced things we didn't even appreciate existed." After the tour, the band returned to their homes in the suburbs of London, and when the band regrouped they decided to "do whatever the fuck we want." Jamie Bulled and Lobban began to play on the instruments they first learned music on (bass guitar and drums, respectively), and Sarah Perry was moved to write lyrics inspired by images recalling her childhood memories. The song "Visiting Hours" features lyrics written by Lobban about his frequent visits to his hospitalised father, and "If I'd Known", written by Perry and Bulled, was inspired by their frequent indecision.[9]

Critical reception

Tshepo Mokoena of Noisey lauded Time 'n' Place, writing, "Somehow, Kero Kero Bonito have managed to squash so many textures of suburbia—inertia, comfort, a content sleepiness, something you want to resist because it's boring as hell—into a new album."[10] She additionally stated that the album "feels like a rebirth" and "like an album about coming into your own as a person, without strictly being an album about adolescence."[10]

Luke Pearson of Exclaim! awarded the album a score of 8 out of 10, writing that "there is nothing on Time 'n' Place that even remotely approaches the mainline sugar-rush of tracks like "Trampoline" or "Picture This" [from Bonito Generation (2016)] and frankly it's hard not to miss that style,"[11] but later stating that "won over you'll be, as long as you keep an open mind, as this is still a KKB album, full of great melodies, kitschy one-off synth flourishes, and amusing lyrical tangents."[11] He concluded by calling it the band's most cohesive album, "with a real ebb and flow, as opposed to 2016's Bonito Generation, which, excellent as it was, sounded more like a collection of singles or SoundCloud posts."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Outside"1:51
2."Time Today"2:11
3."Only Acting"3:49
4."Flyway"1:58
5."Dump"3:01
6."Make Believe"3:27
7."Dear Future Self"2:46
8."Visiting Hours"2:25
9."If I'd Known"2:43
10."Sometimes"2:01
11."Swimming"3:19
12."Rest Stop"3:22
Total length:32:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from Kero Kero Bonito's and their label's official websites.[1][12]

Kero Kero Bonito

  • Sarah Midori Perry – vocals
  • Gus Lobban – drums, keyboards, production
  • Jamie Bulled – bass, vocals on "If I'd Known"

Additional musicians

  • James Rowland – guitar, noise
  • The Parakeets (Cecile Believe, z & Oscar) – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Walton – noise (on "Outside" and "Rest Stop")
  • The Sometimes Singers (George, Yasmin, bo en, Aggie & Oscar) – extra vocals (on "Sometimes")
  • bo en – string arrangement (on "Dear Future Self")
  • Cindy Foster & Greta Mutlu – violins (on "Dear Future Self")
  • Alex Plant-Smith – cello (on "Dear Future Self")

Technical

  • Jimmy Robertson – band recording
  • Andy Ramsay – engineering, additional recording
  • Anthony Lim – mixing, mastering (at Premier Mastering)

Release history

Region Date Label Format Ref.
Various 1 October 2018 Polyvinyl Digital download
14 December 2018

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Time 'n' Place". kerokerobonito.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kero Kero Bonito are doing whatever they want". Flood. Retrieved October 8, 2018. ,
  3. ↑ "Kero Kero Bonito are doing whatever they want". Flood. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kero Kero Bonito are smiling through it all". The FADER. Retrieved October 12, 2018. ,
  5. ↑ "Only Acting - Single by Kero Kero Bonito". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Time Today - Single by Kero Kero Bonito". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Make Believe - Single by Kero Kero Bonito". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. 1 2 DeVille, Chris (1 October 2018). "Stream Kero Kero Bonito's New Album Time 'n' Place". Stereogum. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Kero Kero Bonito are doing whatever they want". Flood. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Mokoena, Tshepo (2 October 2018). "Kero Kero Bonito's Surprise Album Is a Skuzzy, Awesome Rebirth". Noisey. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 Pearson, Luke (2 October 2018). "Kero Kero Bonito Time 'n' Place". Exclaim!. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Polyvinyl Records - Kero Kero Bonito's Time n Place". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Time 'n' Place by Kero Kero Bonito on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  14. ↑ Pearis, Bill (1 October 2018). "Kero Kero Bonito release new LP 'Time 'n' Place'". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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