Passionate post-gender pop that goes straight to the heart.
Shamir achieved worldwide fame with his debut disco dance record RATCHET in 2015. The unmistakable trademark: the high, androgynous voice of the musician, who identifies as non-binary. After the album, however, he separated from his previous label in order to be able to develop more. Seven eclectic albums followed, with a musical mix of lo-fi pop, folk, country and even a touch of punk held together by Shamir’s stunning countertenor voice and blending into beautiful post-gender pop.
And on his new album HOMO ANXIETATEM, Shamir shows his entire musical spectrum. It starts with playful dream pop from the youth room: In the music video for the album opener “Oversized Sweater”, Shamir dances in a small room with a 2000s look between pop posters, VHS cassettes and disco ball on the bed, plays the guitar and sings the impermanence of love. How cuddly!
But he can also be completely different: “Not as sweet as I might seem,” he whispers innocently later on “Crime”, before his voice distorts parallel to the guitar and heralds a change to a darker, darker sound that starts with the outro track “The Devil Said The Blues Is All I’ll Know” finds its brilliant finale. But no matter in which genre and with which emotional state he is currently moving: Shamir sings, screams, croaks and howls passionately far away from any gender connotation directly into our hearts.