This is Holly Miranda. Born daughter of a priest, she was raised severely religious and learned to sing in church choir on Sundays. At sixteen she dropped out of school and moved to New York. Few years later she met up with TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek to record her first album “The Magician’s Private Library”. Live she is assisted by the talented Timmy Mislock who some of you might know from his solo project Abandoned Lighthouse.
Central narrative of her album is both sides of sleep: either staying awake or drifting away in dream. The thought that the night is always the hardest part when things get though, shimmers through songs like ‘Joints’, ‘Slow Burn Treason’ and ‘Sleep On Fire’. In ‘Waves’ and ‘No One Just is’ Miranda sings of long lost love, as she twists her hauntingly beautiful voice into the deep cavities of her soul. A very intimate and well produced album. Christmas present? Nah, keep it for yourself.
Choosing a single video-moment to go with this post has never been harder but I decided to show you the very same fragment I first saw of hers. ‘Pelican Rapids’ is an unrecorded song Holly uses as an encore for her gigs. It’s so raw and intense. Watch in HD, full screen and maximum volume to faint in absolute swoon.
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