Hibou
As Hibou, Seattle-based musician Peter Michel creates a particularly dazed strain of melodic dream pop whose introspective themes often reflect the dissociative disorder from which he suffers. After his debut EP, Dunes, caught the attention of Seattle indie Barsuk Records, he continued to develop his sound over three well-received albums including 2019's Halve.
While still in high school, Michel joined West Coast dream pop outfit Craft Spells and spent almost eight months touring the U.S. and Europe as their drummer. Not long afterward, he developed an unusual disorder called depersonalization, which causes sufferers to feel like they are observing themselves outside of their body. Trying to cope with the anxiety brought on by his disorder, he formed his own project, Hibou, and began crafting hazy bedroom pop songs whose billowing melodies and shimmering guitar parts suggested a dreamlike state. He self-released an EP, Dunes, in 2013 and was subsequently signed to Barsuk, which issued his eponymous home-recorded full-length debut two years later. Having played all the parts himself, Michel employed a touring band to represent Hibou on the road, opening shows for groups like Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Phantogram. To further develop his sound, he worked with a producer, Dylan Wall, in a proper studio and recorded 2018's lusher and more intricate Something Familiar with his touring bandmates. A third Hibou album, Halve, appeared a year later that delved deeper into themes of melancholia and change.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Hibou
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 18 Sep 2015
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Halve
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 26 Jul 2019
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Something Familiar
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 2 Mar 2018
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Junipero Love
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 2 Feb 2018
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Fall Into
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 18 Jan 2018
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Fall Into (Joza Remix)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 19 Oct 2018
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Inside Illumination (Slow Magic Remix)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 7 Oct 2019
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Eleanor - Single
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 31 Aug 2015
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Prise de conscience
Dub - Released by Hibou Recordings on 2 Jul 2021
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Malison
Alternative & Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 23 Feb 2018
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