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MARIPOOL BLINDNESS

Maripool is the moniker of Lisbon-born, London based songwriter Natasha Simões, a self-described "one girl band", who works entirely solo, writing and playing all the instruments on her guitar-driven bedroom-pop arrangements. Recorded by Younghusband’s Euan Hinshelwood at his Greenwich Studio, 'Blindness' comes alongside instrumental B-side, 'Emilio' via Strong Island Recordings. 'Blindness' sees Guitars and bass scribble a messy pattern over a tom-driven drum beat. Sonic Youth moodiness fills the air, predominantly owed to Simões's monotone, rhythmic vocals. Accompanying is a spoofy gangster video, showing Maripool in a basement with a big bag of cocain, smoking cigarettes. Check it out here! -Ellie Rose-Davies

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