Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Mira Title: Mira Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Projekt Records Original Release Date: 4/4/2000 Release Date: 4/4/2000 Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Rock Style: Ambient Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 617026009629 |
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Florida may be the Sunshine State, but Tallahassee's Mira sound like they've been on the short end of one too many rainy days. Not that that's a bad thing--especially when you're on a record label that prides itself on bei... more » |
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Amazon.com Florida may be the Sunshine State, but Tallahassee's Mira sound like they've been on the short end of one too many rainy days. Not that that's a bad thing--especially when you're on a record label that prides itself on being den mother of all things goth. Yet while Mira exude a certain moroseness, there's something decidedly un-goth about them. For one thing, they're a rock band. Synth excess and hazy atmospherics are eschewed in favor of stripped-down guitar-bass-drums arrangements that share a bond with the early-'90s shoegazer sound. And vocalist Regina Sosinski possesses a confident, clear voice that floats with a stately beauty over Tom Parker's sparse guitar. The effect is a cross between My Bloody Valentine (whose "When You Sleep" is covered here) and Mira's label mates Love Spirals Downwards, with dollops of Cocteau Twins and Sundays thrown in here and there. Pleasant, introspective, pretty--even gorgeous in places--but perhaps ultimately a little too familiar. --Steve Landau Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsHaunting Jeremy B | Barrie, Ontario | 05/08/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "Instead of an analytical review of who they sound like and who they don't, I'll just say I love this CD. Music to me is a visceral experience, it either has it or it doesn't. Cayman gave me chills the first time I listened to it. Buy this CD." Mira Touched by Mira | South Eastern United States | 05/03/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "I first heard Mira one morning pouring out of my car stereo on the way to work. The angelic voice of Regina cuts like a knife threw the air and pierces your soul. The ethereal music of the band supporting her haunting voice makes for a captivating experience. This is one of the best new groups I've heard in eons. If you like music from the heavens you need to listen to Mira." Like honey and barbed wire. Caitlin R. Kiernan | Birmingham, AL United States | 06/01/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "I got my initial taste of Mira about a year or so ago, via "Caymen," the band's contribution to Projekt's A CAT-SHAPED HOLE IN MY HEART. And then I somehow forgot about them, until their self-titled debut showed up in by mailbox. After only two or three songs, my memory was thoroughly jogged and I think I'm now fairly comfortable using a word like "unforgettable" to describe this Tallahassee-based quartet. These songs flow sweet and bitter, a rippling stream of sugar and strychnine, seamless and heartbreaking. Regina Sosinki's soprano drew me back to the first Cranberries album, in the days before Dolores O'Riordan gave up singing for screeching, and there are other obvious comparisons and influences, from Faith and Disease to Slowdive to The Cure (sensu DISENTEGRATION), but Mira isn't a knock-off of anyone. Call it shoegazer, goth, or ethereal, no matter, these are deliciously, geuninely potent songs exploring the pits and peaks of relationship and self. The first track, "Alone," is a beautiful and haunting declaration, at once defiant and angry and resigned, and it serves as an exceptional prologue to an exceptional album, setting the tone and the intent of MIRA. My only, small complaint is that lyrics weren't included with the disc."
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