Blue Raspberry is Katy Kirby's follow up to her renowned debut album Cool Dry
Place, which came out in February 2021. Singer/songwriter Katy Kirby introduced
her warm, articulate vocals, perceptive lyrics, and playful adult-alternative style on
her debut album as she toured tirelessly supporting bands like Waxahatchee, Andy
Shauf, Julia Jacklin and Alex G.
That record was a tried-and-true folk collection, perfectly displaying the chops of a
young songwriter and emanating the warm feel of a band in a room; Blue Raspber-
ry, made with the same band and producers (Logan Chung and Alberto Sewald) ,
hits the gas and enters completely new territory as we see Katy truly step into her
own as a songwriting force. She fearlessly leans far into baroque piano pop on
tracks like 'Redemption Arc' and the title track 'Blue Raspberry', and lyrically she ex-
plores themes of loss and queer love. Very few are able to capture the same emo-
tional, theatrical magic of artists like Fiona Apple, Tom Waits and Joanna Newsom
but Katy pulls it off on this record; standout 'Drop Dead'.