MAYMAY - Mountains Hills Plateaus and Plains LP Shoegaze it is a reflection of

it is a reflection of Tori Kudo's evolution as a composer

With not much more than a synthesizer

The change from the furious hardcore moments of Land Speed Record and Everything Falls Apart towards increasing melodicism hints at the groundbreaking new approach that was to be seen on the band's next release

arriving with sketches and ideas that they would work on for days with Burton

all synchronized to a constant underlying tempo

MAYMAY - Mountains Hills Plateaus and Plains LP Shoegaze it is a reflection ofSo nice, isnt it, this music and living stuff? According to MayMay, the answer to that rhetorical question is a resounding yes: its lovely, everythings beautiful where they are, and when youre cold you can just be inside with a jumper on. Laurel Simmons ambient pop circles around a mix of twanging guitar, Frahmian piano and additive instrumentation, while her vocal tends to trace patterns as if affirming their tranquility, giving them that extra bit