Mei Semones Tsukino

'Mei Semones' sweetly evocative blend of jazz, bossa nova and math-y indie rock is notonly a way for her to find solace in her favorite genres, but is an intuitive means ofcatharsis. "Blending everything that I like together and trying to make something new -that's what feels most natural to me," says the 23-year-old Brooklyn-based singersongwriter and guitarist. "It's what feels most true to who I am as an artist."`Tsukino', Mei's debut, self-released EP, is being released physically for the first timeever on Bayonet Records! The EP will be released by itself on CD & Tape formats, andwill be included in a vinyl pressing on the B-side of Semones' landmark EP,`Kebutomushi'!Plinking guitar tones and asymmetrical time signatures exemplify Semones' forays intoangular indie rock more now than ever before. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan,Semones began playing music at a young age, starting out on piano at age four beforemoving to electric guitar at age eleven. After playing jazz guitar in high school, she wenton to study guitar performance with a jazz focus at Berklee College of Music. College iswhere she met her current bandmates, including string players Noah Leong andClaudius Agrippa, whose respective viola and violin add softness andmultidimensionality to Mei's intricate guitar work. After releasing a slew of singles andan EP in 2022, coinciding with her move to New York City, Mei and her band have sincegone on to collaborate with post-bossa balladeer John Roseboro and embark on theirfirst-ever tour with the melodic rock outfit Raavi.Semones chronicles infatuation, devotion, and vulnerability in her songs, complete withsweeping strings, virtuosic guitar-playing and heartfelt lyrics sung in both English andJapanese, that have all become part of her sonic trademark: ornately catchy, genrefusing compositions serving as the backdrop to tender lyrics touching on theuniversalities of human emotion.