Babe Rainbow Is a Keenly Curious Mood on New Piano Track “YHIM”

Canadian producer Babe Rainbow, who we last saw giving out avocado cutting tips back in May, has recorded an album of gentle piano sketches for cassette label 1080p called, with a characteristic wink, Music for 1 Piano, 2 Pianos, & More Pianos. There's nothing tongue-in-cheek about the music, though—take "YHIM," for example. It meanders with purpose, notes falling with a keen and open curiosity. It marks a change in direction for Babe Rainbow's Cameron Reed, who only paid the piano more attention over his laptop compositions in the lead-up to his jaunt on tour as part of How To Dress Well's band in 2012. Subsequently, "YHIM" is raw and naive but all the more delightful for that.