Animaru

Description

Mei Semones - 24-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist - releases her debut album, Animaru, on Bayonet Records. Following the “elegant, flexible and cunning songs” (New York Times) of Kabutomushi, Animaru is the embodiment of Mei’s deeper confidence in her instincts. The album is a collection of musically impressive tracks where Mei seems more adventurous, more vulnerable and more confident than ever. The heart of the album lies in the skillful balance between tension and release that Mei and her band have found. Often, within a single track, moments of stripped-back acoustic guitar, enhanced by Mei’s infectious vocalizations, turn in an instant into orchestral waves of strings and intricate guitar rhythms. Animaru showcases Mei’s wide range of talents as a songwriter and musician, and includes some of the most challenging and simplest songs she has ever written. For fans of Ichiko Aoba, Laufey, Frankie Cosmos, Faye Webster, American Football, Sidney Gish.