Last month, Kikumi Minatani dropped her self-titled debut record under the moniker BLUEVALLEY. Listening to BLUEVALLEY, I have to assume that the Japanese singer songwriter loves everything noisy and poppy about ’80s and 90’s music. BLUEVALLEY surely cover a lot of ground of that musical landscape on these 13 songs, some of which have been released previously as singles. If there is one common denominator though, it’s the lo-fi fuzzy charm – the lack of bass is noteworthy as well. Otherwise, BLUEVALLEY effortlessley switches between indie punk, noise pop, and jangle and everything in between.
Give BLUEVALLEY a spin if you are looking for something breezy, twinkly and energetic to start of your day. Songs like Summer, Seaside Story, Society and Signal are great points of departure. BLUEVALLEY is out now on KiliKiliVilla.
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