Mei Semones has announced her debut full-length, Animaru, which lands on May 2 via Bayonet Records. It follows the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s 2024 EP Kabutomushi, which made our best EPs of 2024 list. Check out a video for the lead single ‘Dumb Feeling’ below, and scroll down for the album cover (by Seiko Semones) and tracklist below.
“‘The Dumb Feeling’ music video is a depiction of a day in my life in the city — running around the city, rehearsing with my band, taking the train back & forth between Manhattan and Brooklyn,” Semones explained in a statement. “I wanted the video to represent what the song means to me — my love, gratitude, and contentment with the city, my friends here, the music we make, and the charming chaos here, like the screeching trains and the rats & pigeons.”
Semones approached the new collection with newfound self-assurance, according to a press release. “No second-guessing, no overthinking,” Semones said. “The way I want to live my life is by doing the things that are important to me, and I think everyone should live that way.” She recorded the new LP with her five-piece band in the summer of 2024 at Ashlawn Recording Company, a farm studio in Connecticut owned by their friend Charles Dahlke.
Animaru Cover Artwork:
Animaru Tracklist:
1. Dumb Feeling
2. Dangomushi
3. Tora Moyo
4. I Can Do What I Want
5. Animaru
6. Donguri
7. Norwegian Shag
8. Rat With Wings
8. Zarigani
9. Sasayaku Sakebu