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Katy Kirby: Blue Raspberry review – depth disguised by breeziness


The Texas singer-songwriter makes up for time lost to her evangelical background with a second album of impeccable craft and lyricism

Cool Dry Place, Katy Kirby’s 2021 debut, introduced the Texas-born singer-songwriter as a cool-headed operator whose feather-light melodic voice and indie leanings offered original turns of phrase. Kirby’s fixation with deceptive appearances continues on tracks such as Cubic Zirconia, a reference to the artificially produced diamond. Kirby figured out she was queer, fell in love and out of it again; or a “carpet bomb of oestrogen” as Wait Listen puts it.

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