Miranda Lee Richards, Rick Parker, Kirk Hellie, Matt Mayhall, Kevin Stevens
Influences
Sigur Ros, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Cocteau Twins, Debbie Harry, The Velvet Underground, The Pretenders, John Lennon, Dusty Springfield, Nico, Opal, Bat for Lashes, Spacemen 3, Mozart, Beethoven, Gorecki, The Doves, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Mazzy Star, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Led Zeppelin, Patti Smith, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Sandy Denny, Eva Cassidy, Gillian Welch, Nick Drake, Air, The Left Banke, Anonymous 4, Donovan, The Rolling Stones, The Arcade Fire, Pablo Neruda, Emmy Lou Harris, Aimee Mann, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, The Beach Boys, Big Elf, Wilco, Serge Gainsbourg, Edith Frost, White Magic, The Pixies, Fleetwood Mac, The Byrds, Jackson Browne, The Moody Blues, John Cale, Purple Wizard, Teenage Fanclub, Black Sabbath, Frida Kahlo, Uma Thurman, Galaxy 500, Rachel's, The Molecules, Zero 7, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jose Gonzalez, Anne Lamott, Eva Cassidy, Anne Briggs, Aretha Franklin, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, Marjorie Faire, Winter Flowers, The Hidden Cameras, The Bird and the Bee, Feist, Lavender Diamond, Magic Mirror, The Left Outsides, Beach House, Papercuts
Sounds Like
Nothing you've ever heard and everything you've ever heard at the same time...How original!
Miranda Lee Richards got her start writing and recording in her hometown of San Francisco, California. She was born into the underground comics scene as her parents, Ted and Terry Richards, were cartoonists and contemporaries of R. Crumb. In 2001 she released her debut album, "The Herethereafter" (Virgin), which garnered strong press in the U.S. and produced a 2 hit in Japan, “The Long Goodbye." She continued to play local shows and write and record music with producer Rick Parker (BRMC, Ambulance LTD). An appearance in the documentary film (DIG!), a host of consistently strong live performances, and over sixty film and TV licenses has kept her on the radar in between releases. The UK label Sonic Cathedral put out the single "Life Boat" in November 2007 from her newest full length CD, "LIGHT OF X," due for worldwide release October 2nd, 2008 on Nettwerk Records. She has done collaborations with Tricky, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Tim Burgess (Charlatans) Neil Halstead (Mojave 3) and sang with The Jesus and Mary Chain on their most recent West Coast tour.
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"Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real and the imagined, past and future, the communicable and the incommunicable, high and low, cease to be perceived as contradictions."
Was sorry you weren't playing with the Dandys last night - we were looking forward to seeing you. We'll just have to wait until you hit London in your own right. Great tunes.
