Place Is＜限定盤＞

Kristina MooreによるKOLEZANKAとしてデビューフルアルバム!

ベースだった地元アリゾナ州フェニックスからNYに移住して練り上げたデビュー作「PLACE IS」は、KOLEZANKA一世一代のフルパワーに溢れた作品!レーベルは老舗BAR/NONEから!

非常に各々が際立った世界観でひしめき合う現在のUSインディシーンに、ずば抜けたセンスで登場したKOLEZANKA。ドリームポップを下敷きにポストロックやエクスペリメンタルも取り入れた、少し冷たい音は絶対病みつきになる尖り方です!そんな特色が前面に出た『VEGAN SUSHI』(タイトルも強烈!)を皮切りに、ギターソロも含んだ彼女のサニーサイドを表現した(MVがまさに!)キャッチーな『7th st/ 7th ave』と、陰と陽両方を刻み込むパワーに満ち溢れた内容は圧巻!

今までの人生経験を音に凝縮したり地元フェニックスの砂漠を深夜ドライブしているにヘッドライトが照らし出した動植物の光景に感銘を受けこれもまた曲のモチーフになる等、一風変わったアイデアで曲を量産してきたKOLEZANKA。下半期にかけてのダークホースとなるか!?

A transient musician originally from Phoenix who started writing songs in her late teens, Kristina Moore made her way to New York for work in bands before launching her solo project, koleżanka. Roughly colleague in Polish, the alias was a nod to the bond often felt between women in the male-dominated music industry. Her varied musical background, which has included church choir, her grandfathers polka club, and experimental indie bands, informs an often knotty, kaleidoscopic solo debut whose opening seconds consist of noodling on instruments. Opener A Mouthful does soon lock into a standard time signature and one of the albums many slinky grooves, though an improvisational undercurrent remains throughout much of Place Is. The impulsive-feeling set is guided by Moores smooth, jazzy vocal delivery and observant lyrics, which note things like Better to lie than to lie down and How can I tell the difference between quiet and a mind at peace? within the opening track. The songs dense impression is formed by sustained organ and guitars layered over an active bassline and sturdy drums. A more tumultuous track, Vegan Sushi, later pushes the tempo as similar components lay the groundwork for a more complex design that adds shadowy backing vocals, bell-like tones, and a rock lead guitar line alongside its stylishly syncopated vocal melody. Elsewhere, B2YP opts for a relatively sparser vibraphone-and-keys core, and the soul-tinged In a Meeting rotates instruments before piling them up together. The overall effect is cool but not calm as koleżanka ends Place Is with the musical equivalent of an ellipsis. ~ Marcy Donelson