“her off-kilter pop songs about '20s hedonism are only getting weirder and better… …NYC underground it-girl” 

-Alessandra Schade for PAPER MAGAZINE

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May practiced and now she is perfect. The project of the pop writer/performer born May Sembera has been steadily evolving since the uncertain days of 2020. Confined to her home studio in New York, she used Ableton to compose off-kilter pop songs about early ’20s hedonism and days spent toiling on tour with her former band, Poppies. These songs became her debut record, Easy Bammer.

Easy Bammer was released in June 2021, right as New York’s nightlife began to rouse from its pandemic slumber. Ready to meet the moment, May threw herself into a trial-by-fire gig grind, playing upwards of three shows a week for months on end. During this self-prescribed performance bootcamp, she befriended a group of like-minded emerging artists that she considers a creative cornerstone. “I really enjoy being a solo artist but sometimes it can be difficult to do something so vulnerable on my own,” she says. “Being surrounded by a group of supportive peers makes me feel like ‘Okay, I’m not by myself.’”

The feeling is mutual: over the past year May has brought her innate knack for melody to a variety of features including The Dare’s indie sleaze hit “Girls” and Blaketheman1000’s underground smash, “Blake 2.” Elsewhere, she’s popped up on tracks by local faves Shallowhalo, Tobias, and Tony Vaz. If there’s a keystone to New York’s downtown music sphere, it might very well be May.