23

"23 is mysterious and modern, with an artfully strange beauty that is more memorable than perfection”
– All Music Guide

"It's a beautiful collection of songs, cinematic and powerful, never pushy.”
– URB

In 2007, Blonde Redhead return with a spellbinding album, '23'. As rich and densely layered as their debut for 4AD, 'Misery is a Butterfly', this album is being hailed as a career landmark.

Recorded and produced by Blonde Redhead in New York City late last year, the creation of '23' was also aided and abetted by Chris Coady [Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio] to engineer and Alan Moulder [My Bloody Valentine, Killers, Nine Inch Nails] and Rich Costey [Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Bloc Party] to share mixing duties.

Blonde Redhead are comprised of Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amadeo Pace. They're that rarest of things: a band whose voice has grown stronger, clearer and more distinctive with every record they've made. Their reward for all this has been an audience whose numbers have quietly grown over the course of their career, almost entirely by word of mouth. The band's unique sound - combining spare otherworldliness and bittersweet tension – can be traced back to their earliest releases in the mid-'90s [issued by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley's Smells Like Records label and by indie tastemaker Touch+Go].

Formed in the mid-'90s, Blonde Redhead's biggest album to date was their first 4AD release back in '04: 'Misery Is A Butterfly' featured some of the most tender music in the Blonde Redhead catalogue and became the most successful album of their career, greatly expanding their audience in the rest of the world.

"A delirious fever-dream of an album that continues to impress with each consecutive listen.”
- Lost At Sea