Mei Semones delivers a spellbinding full-band performance live on KEXP, recorded in the station’s Seattle studio and now out now for repeat listens. Moving fluidly between intricate guitar work, elastic rhythms, and luminous melodies, the set flows through “Dumb Feeling”, “I Can Do What I Want”, “Tora Moyo”, and “Kodoku”, with Semones joined by Ransom McCafferty, Noam Tanzer, Claudius Agrippa, and Noah Leong, plus a warm introduction from Cheryl Waters. It is the kind of session that captures an artist in full command of nuance and feel, relaxed, confident, and completely magnetic.


