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Single Review: “Balloon Pop” – Hiromi

First of all, let’s get this out of the way.

Hiromi is a badass on the piano.

No. Let me say it louder for those that didn’t hear me in the back.

Hiromi is a badass on the piano.

I SAID WHAT I SAID!

This track starts off with a fun synth lead, it’s an instrumental jazz track backed up with piano, drums and bass. Each instrument shines through, the piano playing staccato chords to riff it out. The bass is being played on two strings. Add to that a trumpet solo from 0:35 giving it a jaunty little feel. Add Hiromi’s joyful playing from 1:22, and you know they were having a party in the studio!

Bass player’s already giving hints something special is coming by giving us a walking bass then syncopated notes but hold tight because there is a flutter of notes at 2:44 where everything drops back to half time, even the mute for the trumpet gets broken out and boy do they play!

In the words of James Brown though.. they have to give the drummer some. And it comes in suddenly!! At 3:27 there’s are broken parts stabbing in and out and it’s such a fun listen lots of dynamics – oh wait I didn’t tell you this! Apple Music has this in Spatial Audio so I feel like I’m air drumming!

Back to the main at 4:27 and then there’s a trade off where the party really gets going, piano trumpet and bass play bars – it’s not to out play each other but to make each other shine… it’s making me dance while on my lunch break!

Flipping brilliant.

This is from Hiromi’s new album out in February, with her band SonicWonder.

 

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