Vancouver-based, non-binary, Filipinx artist Kimmortal has done the impossible: used the ukulele to make a low-key banger (“Get Better”). That’s just one example of the feats of magic on display on Shoebox, the third and most ambitious album yet from the self-taught producer, rapper, and singer. On par with their production wizardry? Their righteous anger and powerful vulnerability.
By Natasha Rainey
The indie-folk songwriter explores the themes of memory, family, and the search for a place to belong on her debut EP.