Rotten Bun for an Eggless Centurymui zyu · 2023

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7.2

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#27,938

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Tracklist

1Rotten Bun 2Ghost with a Peach Skin 3Hotel Mini Soap 4Mother’s Tongue 5Dusty 6Ho Bao Daan (Interlude)7Demon 01 8Dancing for Drinks 9Talk to Death 10Paw Paw 11Eggless Century 12Sore Bear

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Critic Reviews

pitchfork

7.4

“On her debut solo album, the Dama Scout singer explores her heritage and grapples with otherness in knotty electro-pop shot through with field recordings and traditional Chinese instruments.”

loudandquiet

7.0

“The opening track on Mui Zyu’s debut album is a gentle statement of intent. ‘Rotten Bun’ is influenced by the writings of Pu Songling and its dream-pop synth washes are broken by the weeping solo of an erhu, a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. These set the scene for an album that explores and celebrates the HongKong heritage of Eva Liu, the woman behind the solo project who’s best known for fronting a”