Like looking through hazy glass windows into other worlds, Mayumi�s new single �CobaltBlueLight� is a dream that will make you feel like you�ve woken up in the Milky Way. And why don�t you just spend the whole day there - . The rich, textured guitar sounds that�s rendered eerie, the delicate, wistful voice that liquidifies, and the sharp drums and strong bass lines that rocks -. It�s a journey you�ve been taken into unknowingly - and you wish it will never end.
The second track �Only A Dream� is more urgent, arresting and glitters. �What do you want to do right now? It�s only a dream again�� The emotive vocals make a tuneful racket with the guitar - listen to the swirling, glittering guitar solo � while the bass throbs throughout. �Sunshine Inside� is an echoey instrumental with some complicated drum patterns, Joy Division bass and haunting guitar riffs.
The real surprise is the last track �Sebastian� that sounds more like a classic guitar pop from the 60�s with chiming guitar riffs and poppy melodies, except the heavy rhythm guitars that creates a grungey wall of sound.
All these songs are very different but carry the same ethereal beauty and a unique depth and were, amazingly, done solely by this delicate, dainty looking girl. A fantastic CD.
Side-Line(Belgium)
Born in Japan, but based in London Mayumi creates her very own musical universe, which is hard to define neither to compare with any other band. That�s maybe a reason why she has been compared to Bj�rk� probably for composing a very own sound without real compromises and less reference points. I would describe the sound of Mayumi as a kind of wave-ballads. It�s quite slow and space-like while the vocals perfectly fit to this lazy style. This maxi contains 4 songs, which can�t convince me at all!
(Mayumi's note - my songs are actually fast - for example 'CobaltBlueLight' is 142bpm, that's as fast as 'Golden Skans' by Klaxons)
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Like a shoegazing Deerhoof, Mayumi deals in the weirdly sublime.....
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