Recently we were introduced to the heart-wrenchingly beautiful voice and acoustic music of London DIY musician Chi Limpiroj who uses the moniker Dunebug.
Limpiroj effortlessly blends an array of genres and styles that include dream-pop, surf-pop, shoegaze, and lo-fi. Her magical soothing voice may remind some of the musicians Cat Power and Beach House.
Dunebug is a Manchester-born and DIY in every sense of the word. Self-taught in guitar and singing, and with a background in sound recording, Limpiroj combined her skills to craft the first Dunebug EP in the comfort of her own bedroom. The first single from the E.P. is the captivating “Alone Like Me.”
“Alone Like Me’ is a bleak insight into the complexities of my love life (or lack of), due to past difficult relationships coming back to haunt me,” Limpiroj says.
“It’s about the struggle of becoming involved with someone who is perfectly lovely but pushing them away at the smallest hint of it becoming anything even remotely serious and ultimately being left alone, again, something I’m sure many people can relate to.”
Limpiroj recorded the song in her “tiny box of a bedroom” on a cheap condenser mic and an old Squire Telecaster she bought from her first boyfriend when she was 17 years old.
Then Limpiroj used Logic Pro X, nothing that her bedroom studio was “the most basic set-up you could possibly dream of, and I love doing it all myself.” More power to her! We want to keep hearing these amazing songs from an artist to watch in 2021.
Her previous band, Chi & the Twelfth Wall, supported the likes of Lucy Rose, Slow Club, Roddy Woomble around Manchester and Leeds, as well as playing at Magneet Festival in Amsterdam.
The live band includes herself on vocals and guitar, plus Rob Wynne on guitar; Tom Daley on bass, and James McGuinness on drums. Dunebug’s main musical influences include Cat Power, Feist, Beach House, Soccer Mommy, Japanese Breakfast, and Big Thief.
BONUS TRACK: “Baby it’s Over” – Junebug
