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 Glenn Alderson
The U.S. Girls and Stars songwriters talk tape, intuition, and the unexpected magic of slowing down ahead of their respective new releases.