{"id":116982,"date":"2026-02-17T03:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/?p=116982"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:59:23","slug":"momoko-gill-expresses-musicality-and-humanity-on-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/momoko-gill-expresses-musicality-and-humanity-on-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Momoko Gill expresses musicality and humanity on debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-momoko-gill\">MOMOKO GILL<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Momoko (Strut)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After last year\u2019s excellent <em>Clay<\/em>, collaborating with Matthew Herbert, I was stoked by the prospect of Momoko Gill\u2019s debut \u2013 and the result far exceeds expectations. A jazz album at its heart, <em>Momoko<\/em> incorporates spiritual jazz, electronica and a touch of the avant-garde, crafting an immersive experience with warm production.<\/p>\n<p><em>No Others<\/em> is driven by tight drums and double bass, Afrobeat guitar circling in and out as nimble piano echoes Momoko\u2019s vocal phrasing: \u201c<em>Face my fears, always to know wrong from right.<\/em>\u201d <em>Remind\/Rewind<\/em>, <em>Shadowboxing<\/em> and <em>Anyway I\u2019m Drowning<\/em> lean heavily into the Bristolian trip-hop of Martina Topley-Bird, Tricky and Massive Attack, with woodwind and windchimes on the first of those linking to Momoko\u2019s Japanese heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Opener <em>Satellite<\/em> and <em>Test A Small Area<\/em> are experimental tasters. With side two graced by pared-back, direct love song <em>2close2farr<\/em> and transcendent, tear-inducing protest song <em>When Palestine Is Free<\/em> \u2013 elevated by a 50-strong choir \u2013 <em>Momoko<\/em> is an essential album on the right side of morality, overflowing with musicality and humanity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>words CHRIS SEAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2224556901\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/momokogill.bandcamp.com\/album\/momoko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Momoko by Momoko Gill<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzmag.co.uk\/momoko-gill-album-review\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOMOKO GILL Momoko (Strut) After last year\u2019s excellent Clay, collaborating with Matthew Herbert, I was stoked by the prospect of Momoko Gill\u2019s debut \u2013 and the result far exceeds expectations.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.buzzmag.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Momoko-Gill-credit-Lex-Blondin.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-craft-leisure-news","category-recentpost"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/assets.buzzmag.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Momoko-Gill-credit-Lex-Blondin.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-12-23 20:57:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116984,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116982\/revisions\/116984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}