Bibio announces new EP with bright title-track "Sleep On The Wing"

"Sleep On The Wing" is the first new track from Bibio since last year's Ribbons LP.

He says of the new single, ""Sleep On The Wing" started out like many of my tunes, as a guitar pattern. The violin parts followed, doubled up with mandolin and other stringed instruments. Lyrically, I feel that the song has two aspects to it: The idea of being in the wake of a loss, and with hope, continuing the life of someone who has passed, through allowing oneself to be inspired by what they did during their lifetime and what they left behind, whether it’s the things they said, the knowledge they shared or the things they made. The other aspect to the song is perhaps more direct, and talks of escaping the city to find peace in the countryside, but the title is more a celebration of dreaming and the liberating power of imagination, not necessarily a physical escape. Music has the power to inspire dreaming and fuel the imagination, and that’s what I’ve always found so addictive about music. The title-track conjured up a bold image in my mind that I shared with the illustrator of the sleeve artwork and the director and animator of the video, both of which turned out more vividly and more beautiful than what I had imagined."

The new EP is made up of largely instrumental tracks, and was recorded by Bibio at his home studio in the UK midlands countryside.

Tracklist:

1. Sleep On The Wing
2. A Couple Swim
3. Lightspout Hollow
4. Oakmoss
5. Miss Blennerhassett
6. The Milky Way Over Ratlinghope
7. Awpockes
8. Crocus
9. Otter Shadows
10. Watching Thus, The Heron Is All Pool