Sen Morimoto Signs to City Slang, Releases “If The Answer Isn’t Love”

Chicago musician Sen Morimoto has released “If The Answer Isn’t Love,” his first new single as a part of City Slang’s roster. The release follows his 2020 self-titled album, which he put out through Sooper Records—a label he co-founded with NNAMDÏ and Glenn Curran in 2016. The song precedes Morimoto’s forthcoming—but unannounced—third LP.

“If The Answer Isn’t Love” finds Morimoto blending jazz-pop with indie rock and reflecting on the disastrous landscape of our current world. With a climate crisis, war, a pandemic and inequity all around us, Morimoto points his compass towards finding love within it. “What will last / I know plenty must pass / Tell me, what can we have? / But if the answer isn’t love / Then forget that I asked,” he sings.

“In the face of imminent climate disaster, war and unending sickness it’s natural to start considering what will remain and what might have made it all worth it. I want the sound of my music to reflect that same urgency – instruments warbling and splattered over the beat, melodies tangled and contradicting. I wrote this song about the enduring power of love and the struggle to hang onto that feeling when in crisis,” Morimoto says.

Watch the video for “If The Answer Isn’t Love” below.