The Fresh and Driven Sounds of Rumi Shimada
Rumi Shimada just released an album of intricate and smooth pop bangers that all have such rich character to them that it's an absolute delight to listen to. With all kinds of warm and edgy production, crisp beats, an almost jazz toned guitar style, and songs that go from bright to haunting, this is a full-bodied album.
The Audiofolds album is brimming with presence as an artist, and it really shines in terms of songwriting and thinking a bit outside the box with arrangement and style all together.
These tracks do get pretty personal and can be emotionally driven of just driven more by inner thoughts that seems come flowing out of Shimada when the time comes.
That's what's really cool about this record as well, is that fearlessness about it. It's almost freeing in a sense.
Songs can come through with a stripped down and genuine feel with sections of just piano and vocals.
Swelling and swaying songs that wash you away with the sound are all over this record and it's so incredibly pleasant to let it happen. Let the album engulf you and take you with it here it will.
Most tracks have a way of surprising you with changes, sounds, or feels and it's always so much fun to experience.
The album boasts a youthful energy, but a mature songwriting style and that combination is a killer one.
So come enjoy this indie-pop masterpiece and all its authenticity and wonder.