Mirei Kinjou -

Midway through the set, the power to her pedalboard failed. The massive wall of distortion she uses as a security blanket vanished instantly. The crowd went silent, expecting a roadie to run out.

She is not "easy listening." She is essential listening. mirei kinjou

Listen to how she sings the title phrase. She doesn’t celebrate the flower growing in the crack. She mourns the concrete. Following Mirei Kinjou has taught me that art doesn’t have to be comfortable to be healing. Sometimes, you need the wall of noise to drown out your own inner critic. And sometimes, you need the power to cut out entirely to realize you had a voice all along. Midway through the set, the power to her pedalboard failed