New York, NY (Top40 Charts) After a six year gap,
Miranda returns with her third full-length studio album, �Echoes Of The Dreamtime�. Eight songs of �Psychedelic Chamber Folk Rock� finding the diamonds in the dust of everyday life and the relationships within.
Of the focus track �7th Ray�
Miranda says: -
�It�s a song about transformation, about the journey of the soul in this lifetime. You start off beautiful, innocent and sure of yourself, and along the way, things happen that allow disillusionment to set in. The �whoa�s� in the chorus signify the burden of disconnection. The song has an uplifting ending, where you find a new way to experience more joy and contentment, reclaiming your true self in the process.�
�Echoes Of The Dreamtime� follows on from the critically acclaimed success of �The Herethereafter� (Virgin Records, 2001) and �Light Of X� (Nettwerk Records, 2009), which KCRW and the BBC supported, along with two tours of the UK. New single �7th Ray� is tipped for the same heights as �The Long Goodbye� which reached the Top 5 in Japan in 2001.
�Echoes Of The Dreamtime� is produced by Rick Parker, best known for his work with the
Dandy Warhols (including Bohemian Like Me) and
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Miranda is an American singer-songwriter from San Francisco. She is the daughter of Ted and Teresa Richards, stars of the underground comics revolution and the goddaughter of legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb, who is considered by many to be the single best cartoonist
America has ever produced (Observer Oct 2015) and whose works include Fritz the Cat, the Keep On Truckin guy and Mr Natural.
In the beginning Kirk Hammett of
Metallica taught Richards a few songs on guitar and then she went on to work with Joe Firstman, Suzanne Vega, Tim Burgess, Tricky, Good Listeners and the Jesus and Mary Chain.
Miranda was a member of the Brian Jonestown
Massacre and she sang the hit Anemone.
Miranda�s film credits include appearing in the Ondi Timoner film �DIG!� (2004), writing the song �Beautiful Day� for the indie film and soundtrack to �Adam� (2009). She also wrote a song called �Hero Of The Silent War� for the ground breaking immersive feature film, �The Hornet�s Nest� (2014), featuring
Wynonna Judd, Stevie Nicks, and
Kid Rock as fellow soundtrack contributors.
�For the Echoes of the Dreamtime album, I was inspired to work in a lyrically narrative style. Many of the songs are over five minutes in length, four and five verses a-piece, and one song, the eight-minute track "It Was Given" (based on the movie The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke), is an example of an adaptation put to song. In our instant gratification ADD culture, I wanted to make an album of high quality that would hopefully capture people�s attention and inspire them to slow down, listen and reflect. It is a hypnotic and meditative record, yet not necessarily down tempo.�
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Miranda Lee Richards
