Antigone (Eiko Ishibashi album)
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| Antigone | ||||
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| Released | 28 March 2025 | |||
| Genre | Chamber pop[1] | |||
| Length | 39:42 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Jim O'Rourke | |||
| Eiko Ishibashi chronology | ||||
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Antigone is a studio album by Japanese musician Eiko Ishibashi. It was released on 28 March 2025 through Drag City. It received universal acclaim from critics.[2]
Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese musician from Chiba Prefecture.[3] She composed the scores for Ryusuke Hamaguchi's films Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist.[4] Antigone is her first proper album since The Dream My Bones Dream (2018).[5] It was released on 28 March 2025 through Drag City.[6] Music videos were released for the tracks "Coma" and "Mona Lisa".[7][8]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Financial Times |   [9] |
| Spectrum Culture | 80%[10] |
| Uncut |  [1] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Antigone received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.[2]
Patrick St. Michel of Bandcamp Daily wrote, "Despite the darkness inherent in its sociopolitical context, the beauty of Antigone's music offers a testament to its transcendence."[11] Raphael Helfand of The Fader described the album as "a fully immersive experience, pulling the listener down complex emotional currents so gently one hardly notices they're being taken."[12] Levi Dayan of The Quietus stated, "Listening to Antigone, one can hear everything Ishibashi has achieved in these fruitful past few years coming to a head."[13]
Accolades
| Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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| The Quietus | The Quietus Albums of the Year 2025 | 23 |
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| Spectrum Culture | Top 20 Albums of 2025 | 10 |
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| Uncut | Top 50 New Albums of 2025 | 37 |
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| The Wire | Releases of the Year (2025 Rewind) | 6 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Eiko Ishibashi, except "Nothing As" by Jim O'Rourke.[18]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "October" | 4:47 |
| 2. | "Coma" | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Trial" | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Nothing As" | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Mona Lisa" | 5:42 |
| 6. | "Continuous Contiguous" | 3:38 |
| 7. | "The Model" | 8:33 |
| 8. | "Antigone" | 5:21 |
| Total length: | 39:42 | |
Notes
- The orchestral part of "The Model" was composed for 2x25 at Film Fest Gent and performed by Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Dirk Brossé.[18]
- The spoken text of "The Model" is taken from "The Politics of Health in the Eighteenth Century" by Michel Foucault.[18]