After visiting Rough Trade in London I came across this new act (to me anyways) described as beautifull and ghostly with fragile, hushed vocals and I immediately came to think of personal favourite Lykke Li. So I snatched a copy unlistened.
And I didn’t regret it. Listening to Holly Miranda’s “The Magician’s Private Library” I immediately fell in love with a couple of tracks. The opener “Forest Green Oh Forest Green” starts of with a kinda cheesy jingle-ish bleepy melody and builds up to full-on truimpets and saxophone maximalism. My comparison to Lykke Li fails after the first 10 seconds. Where Lykke’s minimalist composition contrasts to her fragile vocals with a certain avant garde-pop flair, Holly Miranda backs her beautifull vocals with a more grandiose and fuller sound, more reminecent to Bat for Lashes.
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Holly Miranda — “Forest Green Oh Forest Green”
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Beeing brooklyn based (they seem to all be) she got a helping hand from fellow brooklynian Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio which you can clearly hear on my second imeditely loved track, ‘Waves’.
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Holly Miranda — “Waves”
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The third loved track from Holly Miranda is not actually on the album, but is featured on the Rough Trade exclusive EP (Album of the month exclusive bonus disc). It’s a cover of Lauryn Hills soultastic ‘Ex-Factor’, and it is amazing. Holly’s voice really comes out in this and will put a smile on anyones face. She definitely has the x-factor.
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Holly Miranda — “Ex-Factor” (Lauryn Hill Cover) (Black Cab Sessions)
Holly Miranda on Fiume Night by Vincent Moon
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