Hotel Valentine
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| Studio album by Cibo Matto | ||||
| Released | February 14, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2013 | |||
| Genre | Shibuya-kei, trip hop, indie pop | |||
| Length | 37:01 | |||
| Label | Chimera Music | |||
| Producer | Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | C+ |
| Consequence of Sound | B |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | 8/10 |
| Under the Radar | 5.5/10 |
Hotel Valentine is the third album by New York City-based band Cibo Matto. It was released through Sean Lennon's label Chimera Music on Valentine's Day (February 14), 2014.
The album was produced by band members Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda over the course of two years. The project was initially announced in 2012 but experienced delays. The official press release touts it as a concept album "with a love story and ghosts in a hotel".
The announcement of its release date was accompanied by the full upload of the video for "MFN", which had previously been released as a 14-second teaser. The video is directed by Georgia and features Reggie Watts.Consequence of Sound described the track as one "that bounds manically between bass-heavy trip-hop, lush pop interludes, lo-fi funk, [and] shimmery synth-pop", further naming its video as a "hyperactive collage of imagery".Spin called the video "a wonderfully colorful sensory overload that is perfectly matched to the wild and swaggering song".
The music video for "Deja Vu" was released on September 18, 2014, in collaboration with director Jean Claude Billmaier. Pitchfork Media identified the video as "a colorful, datamosh-y new video", and Spin characterising it as "stylish bubblegum pop-meets-digital-disaster (intentional)."
As well as Watts, the album features appearances from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Glenn Kotche, and percussionist Mauro Refosco from the supergroup Atoms for Peace. The band toured North America in February and March 2014 to support the album. Pre-orders for the album came with a handwritten Valentine's Day card from Hatori and Honda.
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