K Records
March 12, 2009
Genre : Indie,Folk,Pop,Singer-Songwriter
1. "Generosity"
2. "The World is Falling Apart"
3. "Education"
4. "Shells"
5. "Country Of The Future"
6. "The Forest"
7. "Gone Are The Days"
8. "The River"
9. "Bones & Skin"
10. "While We Have the Sun"
Olympia, Washington
United States
(a)spera, the fourth solo album from Mirah, is the long awaited follow-up to 2004’s highly acclaimed C’mon Miracle (KLP160). Known for her explorative approach to her own brand of independent music making, Mirah’s voice now brings us a new vision of the truths of our times. The songs on (a)spera strike a bold path across a landscape of dynamic and varied melody forms. Mirah’s strongest asset, her sincerity and the care she takes in placing herself within her music, is offered without compromise.
This brave trek through a fragile ancient forest unfolds revealing the destruction wrought by cruel conquest, recalls the relics of a love never realized, and decries the loss of ancient wisdom. We sing for death and the living which stays alive, navigate our relationship to our ceaseless wants as resources disappear, hold on strong to love in a sinking world.
Mirah lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a songwriter, performer and producer. In a constant search to expand her tender repertoire of American folk songs into a larger context, her recordings seek to find the magical amity between explorative percussion, orchestral sounds and elements of rock and popular music. She has been involved with the K Record label since 1999, touring internationally and producing a steady stream of albums. Her new album (a)spera, a soundtrack for the voyage of our entwined destinies, is slated for release on March 12, 2009
Mirah's 4th Album, (a)spera, Readied for March Release
Tuesday December 9, 2008
Mirah —34-year-old, Portland, Oregon-based songsmith extraordinaire Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn— has announced the forthcoming release of her fourth solo album, (a)spera. Due to be released March 12, 2009 on K Records, it finds Mirah returning to her straight 'solo' guise, collaborating again with longtime pal Phil Elverum on the official follow-up to 2004's majestic C'mon Miracle.
The daughter of "hippy, macrobiotic Jews," Zeitlyn grew up in a succession of sleepy Pennsylvanian hamlets, as a "voracious reader" who lived her life in half-dreamt fantasies. Since releasing her brilliant debut You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This in 2000, Zeitlyn has charted a career steeped in songs matching her writerly wit and gorgeous voice with Elverum's experimental production.
After a collaboration with big band the Black Cat Orchestra (2004's To All We Stretch the Open Arm), another with the outfit Spectratone International (2007's insect-themed concept record Share This Place: Stories and Observations), and, recently, the release of a collection of early demos (2008's That Old Days Feeling), it'll be grand to see Mirah returning to the sweetly purity of her own unadulterated artistry.
"I sing songs to myself," Zeitlyn once told me in an interview. "I sing the songs to myself to understand my life, my place in the world, and my relationships with other people. And they’re incredibly helpful to me; I don’t know what I’d do without them. They help me."
March 12, 2009
Genre : Indie,Folk,Pop,Singer-Songwriter
1. "Generosity"
2. "The World is Falling Apart"
3. "Education"
4. "Shells"
5. "Country Of The Future"
6. "The Forest"
7. "Gone Are The Days"
8. "The River"
9. "Bones & Skin"
10. "While We Have the Sun"
Olympia, Washington
United States
(a)spera, the fourth solo album from Mirah, is the long awaited follow-up to 2004’s highly acclaimed C’mon Miracle (KLP160). Known for her explorative approach to her own brand of independent music making, Mirah’s voice now brings us a new vision of the truths of our times. The songs on (a)spera strike a bold path across a landscape of dynamic and varied melody forms. Mirah’s strongest asset, her sincerity and the care she takes in placing herself within her music, is offered without compromise.
This brave trek through a fragile ancient forest unfolds revealing the destruction wrought by cruel conquest, recalls the relics of a love never realized, and decries the loss of ancient wisdom. We sing for death and the living which stays alive, navigate our relationship to our ceaseless wants as resources disappear, hold on strong to love in a sinking world.
Mirah lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a songwriter, performer and producer. In a constant search to expand her tender repertoire of American folk songs into a larger context, her recordings seek to find the magical amity between explorative percussion, orchestral sounds and elements of rock and popular music. She has been involved with the K Record label since 1999, touring internationally and producing a steady stream of albums. Her new album (a)spera, a soundtrack for the voyage of our entwined destinies, is slated for release on March 12, 2009
Mirah's 4th Album, (a)spera, Readied for March Release
Tuesday December 9, 2008
Mirah —34-year-old, Portland, Oregon-based songsmith extraordinaire Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn— has announced the forthcoming release of her fourth solo album, (a)spera. Due to be released March 12, 2009 on K Records, it finds Mirah returning to her straight 'solo' guise, collaborating again with longtime pal Phil Elverum on the official follow-up to 2004's majestic C'mon Miracle.The daughter of "hippy, macrobiotic Jews," Zeitlyn grew up in a succession of sleepy Pennsylvanian hamlets, as a "voracious reader" who lived her life in half-dreamt fantasies. Since releasing her brilliant debut You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This in 2000, Zeitlyn has charted a career steeped in songs matching her writerly wit and gorgeous voice with Elverum's experimental production.
After a collaboration with big band the Black Cat Orchestra (2004's To All We Stretch the Open Arm), another with the outfit Spectratone International (2007's insect-themed concept record Share This Place: Stories and Observations), and, recently, the release of a collection of early demos (2008's That Old Days Feeling), it'll be grand to see Mirah returning to the sweetly purity of her own unadulterated artistry.
"I sing songs to myself," Zeitlyn once told me in an interview. "I sing the songs to myself to understand my life, my place in the world, and my relationships with other people. And they’re incredibly helpful to me; I don’t know what I’d do without them. They help me."
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