Pareidolia (album)

Pareidolia
Studio album by
Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke
ReleasedAugust 29, 2025 (2025-08-29)
GenreElectronic[1][2]
Length39:25
LabelDrag City
Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke chronology
Lifetime of a Flower
(2023)		 Pareidolia
(2025)

Pareidolia is a collaborative studio album by Japanese musician Eiko Ishibashi and American musician Jim O'Rourke. It was released on August 29, 2025, through Drag City. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.[3]

Background

Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese musician from Chiba Prefecture.[4] Jim O'Rourke is an American musician from Chicago.[5] Pareidoria is based on material that the duo played live in France, Switzerland, Italy, and Ireland, in 2023.[6] The duo remixed and edited these recordings to create Pareidolia.[7] It consists of four tracks: "Par", "Ei", "Do", and "Lia".[8] The album was released on August 29, 2025, through Drag City.[9] A music video was released for "Pareidolia (Single Edit)".[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[11]
MojoStarStarStar[12]
Uncut8/10[13]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Pareidolia received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.[3]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic commented that "This album finds synergies within different performances, and constructs a more fleshed-out, finalized version of their live sets."[11] He added, "Pareidolia feels unique in the way it visits several places at the same time, and finds a way to fold them into one."[11] Jon Dale of Uncut wrote, "the greatest pleasure of its four eloquent tracks comes from the way the duo hint at narrative, delicately suturing disparate sounds to build a complex electro-acoustic suite."[13]

Accolades

Year-end lists for Pareidolia
Publication List Rank Ref.
AllMusic Favorite Electronic Albums
—
Pitchfork The 30 Best Electronic Albums of 2025
9

Track listing

Pareidolia track listing[14]
No.TitleLength
1."Par"10:19
2."Ei"10:01
3."Do"10:57
4."Lia"8:08
Total length:39:25
Bandcamp edition bonus track[15]
No.TitleLength
5."Pareidolia (Single Edit)"3:15
Total length:42:40

References

  1. 1 2 "Favorite Electronic Albums | AllMusic 2025 in Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Sherburne, Philip (December 9, 2025). "The 30 Best Electronic Albums of 2025". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pareidolia by Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 13, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  4. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Eiko Ishibashi". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ Cooper, Sean. "Jim O'Rourke". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ Eede, Christian (July 1, 2025). "Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke Detail Collaborative Album, 'Pareidolia'". The Quietus. Archived from the original on October 6, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  7. ↑ Breihan, Tom (July 1, 2025). "Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke Announce New Album Pareidolia: Hear An Excerpt". Stereogum. Archived from the original on July 3, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  8. ↑ Bonner, Michael (July 3, 2025). "Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke announce new album Pareidolia". Uncut. Archived from the original on July 15, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  9. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (July 1, 2025). "Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke Announce New Album Pareidolia, Share Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 16, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  10. ↑ Drag City (July 1, 2025). "Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke "Pareidolia (Single Edit)" (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 Simpson, Paul. "Pareidolia - Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O'Rourke". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  12. ↑ Sheppard, David (November 2025). "Mojo Filter". Mojo. No. 384. p. 89.
  13. 1 2 Dale, Jon (October 2025). "New Albums". Uncut. No. 343. p. 29.
  14. ↑ "Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke - Pareidolia". Drag City. Archived from the original on December 15, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Pareidolia | Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on November 19, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.