BIO

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Black Currant, the project of bi-coastal nomad Kelly Martin, is a joining of musical antitheses: pop & experimental, dark & danceable, joyous and haunting. Urgent, percussive synthesizer rhythms form a backdrop to Martin's ethereal vocals and melodies, which at times may best be described as extra-terrestrial. Martin's expansive register sinks and soars to both the comfortingly familiar to the delightfully strange.

By eschewing passivity for the engaging and dynamic, Black Currant stands out amongst dream-pop peers; these are songs built not just to bob heads, but to move the whole body. Eerie, experimental landscapes often hit transgressive, even challenging notes. That said, Black Currant rarely denied themselves the pleasure of an irresistible pop chorus. The eccentric nature of the music is complimented in Martin's lyrics, which feel at once deeply personal and oddly inclusive.

    Sure to resonate with fans of Kate Bush, Donna Summers, and Joni Mitchell (see: "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" era), Black Currant is movement music, celebrating the frustration and joy of transition.

-written by William Wakeman  

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