Animaru

Description

Black vinyl version of Mei Semones' latest album - the 24-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist - 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 sounds more adventurous, more vulnerable, and more confident than ever. The album's core lies in the skillful balance between tension and release that Mei and her band have achieved. Often, within the same track, moments of stripped-down acoustic guitar, adorned with Mei's infectious vocals, transform in the blink of an eye 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 simple songs she has ever written. For fans of Ichiko Aoba, Laufey, Frankie Cosmos, Faye Webster, American Football, Sidney Gish.