“The NYC-by-Nashville singer/songwriter’s latest is a smart, sexy thinkpiece on queer romance in a world on fire.”
“Katy Kirby is fascinated by the space between real and artificial. On her second album, the Texas-born, Tennessee-based songwriter shares crystal-clear snapshots of bitter-sweet relationships, all revolving around questions of authenticity, personal growth and the mechanisms of desire. On the bright and poppy “Cubic Zirconia,” Kirby articulates the awkwardness of witnessing someone you really kno”
“Inside the material world of Katy Kirby’s Blue Raspberry”
“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. Raised in an evangelical household, she came late to secular music. Her second album, written in Nashville, continues to make up for lost time, moving on in both craft and playfulness. The subtly funky ”
“The Nashville singer-songwriter’s second album is a deft and subtly surprising inquiry into romantic illusion.”
“In the growing list of Keeled Scales label graduates, Katy Kirby is making a case to sit at the head of the table. Her 2021 debut album Cool Dry Place nestled immediately among the year’s melodic best, its 30 minutes gentle but with an obtrusive sticking power to linger well beyond its runtime. Blue Raspberry finesses the anxious melancholy of that first attempt; it’s easy listening on the surface”
