Miranda and the Beat and the earthquake punk throttle of "Concrete" (Official Video)

 

"listen to the sound of the kids hanging out on Grand St..."

Feel a rabid, heart beating out of your chest bass and drums bomb (with a lit fuse), throttling razor sharp guitar and a sort of grand guignol vocal aesthetic and you have "Concrete" by New York based Miranda and the Beat. The punk ferocity it pushing cues in my head, thoughts of a collision of bands like Deadmoon, The Gories, Black Flag, Siouxsie and the Banshees. The result is a soundscape for John Waters flicks or late 1979 proto punk dreams or an Ari Aster fever dream after binging Penelope Spheeris' "The Decline of Western Civilization" over and over again with his eyelids held open like Alex in "A Clockwork Orange".

This next part is a lazy paste up, not because I am lazy but because I couldn't write it any better.

 [In a small town in California, Miranda Zipse and Kim Sollecito started Miranda and The Beat, a bad girl duo with a penchant for penning hits. Miranda, a high school dropout at 15, had been working for her mom's estate sale business going through dead people's belongings and making up melodies in her head as she went about it. After playing locally the two decided to visit New York City and tried their chops playing gigs around town. When their friends and local legends, The Mystery Lights, went on tour, the two shacked up in their apartment and simply decided never to leave. Giving up all their possessions and sacrificing a tawdry normal existence to lead a true path of illuminated rock n’roll.]

"Concrete" is from the band's self-titled album out May 26 on Ernest Jenning Record Co. / King Khan’s Khannibalism. Mixed and with production by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, their debut album is a hallucinogenic ode to the cannon of soul, garage punk, pure RnB and utter mayhem. The album follows the band's single "Such A Fool" released via Third Man Records.

Yowza.

- Robb Dark Curtius 

 

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://www.instagram.com/miranda_andthebeat/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gU5B9awyQfxX24z8MwErn


Miranda and The Beat are a Rock and Roll band, w/ all the term might entail. Drawing from traditional rock music (The Dirt Bombs, The B-52’s, MC5, and Ronnie Spector) Miranda and The Beat operate from a clear eyed appropriation of the greats and healthy disregard for blame. Garage, soul, punk, classic rock… pick your poison; the band has plenty to spare. Arriving in New York City in 2018, the band have, through songwriting & performance, proved themselves an essential spark and spearhead to a scene of new blood rockers, bringing a much needed renewal of energy to the New York City scene. Originally a duo of then 21 year old guitarist/vocalist Miranda Zipse and 21 year old drummer Kim “The Beat” Sollecito, the pair added a full band and quickly became known for their tireless,wheel-on-fire live sets driven by Miranda’s captivating stage presence, vocal prowess, and her pyrotechnic (but never indulgent!) melodically slashing guitar work. Their live reputation (and for being neither pushovers nor scumbags) led to collaborations with such childhood idols as The Mystery Lights and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Soon there was the release of their 7” single Such A Fool, on Jack White’s Third Man Records. One pandemic later, between days/nights spent sweating out piss, vinegar, and trackloads of tears in the studio, and a rigorous rehearsal schedule, Miranda and The Beat are monstrous in both sound and vision, and ready to meet the world.Their live reputation (and for being neither pushovers nor scumbags) led to collaborations with such childhood idols as The Mystery Lights and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.Soon there was the release of their 7” single Such A Fool, on Jack White’s Third Man Records. One pandemic later, between days/nights spent sweating out piss, vinegar, and trackloads of tears in the studio, and a rigorous rehearsal schedule, Miranda and The Beat are monstrous in both sound and vision, and ready to meet the world.Their live reputation (and for being neither pushovers nor scumbags) led to collaborations with such childhood idols as The Mystery Lights and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Soon there was the release of their 7” single Such A Fool, on Jack White’s Third Man Records. One pandemic later, between days/nights spent sweating out piss, vinegar, and trackloads of tears in the studio, and a rigorous rehearsal schedule, Miranda and The Beat are monstrous in both sound and vision, and ready to meet the world.Miranda and The Beat are monstrous in both sound and vision, and ready to meet the world.Miranda and The Beat are monstrous in both sound and vision, and ready to meet the world.

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