Melbourne/Naarm artist Jess Ribeiro brings back the sun with her fourth album Summer of Love, capturing audiences, building intimate walls of instrumentation with band members on violin and viola, bass, tape loops and drums, guitars and piano.
Isolation, loss, snatches of love, being tougher than a tough world, expectation versus reality, once-in-a-century pandemics and healing. This is Summer of Love very much in chronological order.
Ribeiro communicates something sublime – a record of our anxious times, with a dash of optimism for a better future. One in which we experience it all, the light and the dark, together."
The Guardian ★★★★
"Summer of Love is both surreal and strikingly direct in equal measure, Ribeiro’s voice so up front in the mix that it’s like a close friend leaning in to tell you the secrets of the universe... swirling like a storm set to break at any moment with Ribeiro fearlessly positioned at the centre."
Rolling Stone ★★★★
