Kevin Bronson on October 3rd, 2012

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As part of the dreamier-than-thou L.A. outfit Black Flamingo, Kimi Recor conjured up angels and demons in hazy and sometimes-crazy pop songs laden with hooks and reverb. With Black Flamingo retooling due to some lineup changes (we might hear more from them by November), Recor embarked on a solo venture. And it turns out she is still dreaming – or, rather, Draemings. She points her songwriting toward California’s eastern neighbor on her forthcoming mixtape “Nevada,” which was produced by Joe Keefe of Family of the Year and mixed by man-about-town Joe Napolitano. The first single “Reno” takes Nevada’s neon dreams and bends them through an electronica-tweaked, R&B-tinged piano ballad. And Recor’s portrait of the song’s “desert queen” is vivid from the first line: “Cherry lips and crooked teeth …”

||| Download: “Reno”