LISTEN: Half Gringa Brings PJ Harvey Inspired Brood & Bass On ‘Miranda”

“Miranda”, the latest single from Isabel Olive’s band Half Gringa, demands your attention right off the bat with a brooding bassline that continues throughout and doesn’t let go. Combined with Olive’s mesmeric voice, haunting keys, and singular electric guitar lines, “Miranda” is an absorbing original statement from a multifaceted artist.  Half Gringa’s forthcoming EP, Ancestral Home, is due out on January 27, 2023. 

“This song is about many things: mirrors, perspectives, the past, the future, love, longing, homeland, identity, characters, and relatives. Basically, all the things I love writing about. Miranda is representative of who I am, who I could be, who I was, who my ancestors were, how I love, how I grieve, and all of the different versions of me that exist in between.”

Robert Salazar and I had a couple of meetings about what the concept might be and then finally hit on the idea of the song being a play. I really wanted to have something that illustrates what it’s like to have multiple artistic roles – being the director, being the performer, being the writer, and then just being me. It was awesome to work with someone who understands that as an artist. The biggest visual inspiration was John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands’ Opening Night (1977). There’s so much turmoil in this film about past selves, present selves, doppelgangers, people you could have been, pretending to be someone else, and changing as you age – a lot of those themes feel relevant to the song and its imagined protagonist,” adds Half Gringa.

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