With her guitar and exquisite vocals in tow, Shimona Kee has traveled through the local and regional musical landscape for more than a decade. While most might be driven by a sense of ennui to loftier pursuits in the experimental, the local songstress has instead chosen to go back to basics. The result is her debut album, Simply Shimona, a beautifully nuanced collection of heartfelt compositions ranging from the whimsical (Gym Song) to the introspective (Little Things).
Light use of accompanying instruments to her guitar and ukelele driven melodies add a sombre and mature touch to the songs, which seems to tell of a descent into the darker depths of the storytelling and emerging with a final track that blooms into the type of optimism that she hopes to represent.

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