Thao & Mirah

Thao Nguyen, of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, and Mirah of, duh, Mirah, have joined their forces together on this collaboration. Following a successful tour together, they met up again to put it to record. Each wrote a new batch of beautiful songs which were jointly performed and produced with the assistance of Merrill Garbus (Tune Yards, 4AD) as co-producer and guest musician, along with help from some more fine Bay Area friends. The album is a collection of songs from two distinctly different, highly respected songwriters, threaded and woven together with the creative energy and freedom of collaboration. Such freedom allowed for varied and rewarding levels of innovation, and a determination to keep the music-making as in-house as possible: both Thao and Mirah assume many of the instrumentation duties, from drums and bottles to slide guitar and knee caps. All songs maintain the writers' shared gifts, profound emotional poignancy with lyrics and melodies to match and stay with you.