Left Mew

September 3, 2020 11:05 AM

City Girl, one of "lo-fi" chill hop's brightest lights, has many excellent albums that you can listen to on YouTube or purchase on Bandcamp. Time Falls Like Moonlight is a personal favorite and one might go so far as to call it a masterpiece. This isn't why we're here today, though. We're here today because of the earth-shattering revelation a few months ago that City Girl is not in fact one person who produces some of the finest new music out there but one person and a cat who produce some of the finest new music out there together.
posted by Lonnrot (7 comments total)

So cute!
posted by cherryflute at 11:56 AM on September 3, 2020

I just spun through this album while relax/studying and really dug it. The ukulele seems especially suited to the chill hop genre (cats, too, I suppose).
posted by uncleozzy at 12:23 PM on September 3, 2020

Yeah, really digging 'Time falls like Moonlight!'

Seeing the cat jam, I wonder if the OP-1 is going to be the 808 of the 2010's... It's kinda amazingly ubiquitous.
posted by kaibutsu at 4:18 PM on September 3, 2020 [2 favorites]

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday if you feel inclined to support that way!
posted by invokeuse at 5:10 PM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]

I haven't really paid attention to individual chill hop artists -- I usually buy Chillhop Music's seasonal compilations. But I just went and got City Girl's complete discography...really good stuff (and a cute cat, as well).
posted by lhauser at 5:59 PM on September 3, 2020

I listen to her all the time - Thanks for the post!
posted by fiercekitten at 8:48 PM on September 3, 2020

Thank you for this! I can't wait to check it out. I am An Internet Old. YouTube suggested a lo-fi chillhop channel for me a few weeks ago and I am LOVING the whole genre while I work from home.

The animation on the chillhop videos reminds me of the old Google Themes where the little animals would move throughout the day cycle.
posted by kimberussell at 9:04 AM on September 4, 2020