Name: Mirrors
Brand: Mirrors

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GUM21MIRRORSCD

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

196292189995

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Mirrors

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Ground Up

GroundUP Music is a genre-bending instrumental ensemble formed by Snarky Puppy. Led by Michael League, the label aims to provide a haven for artists in the ever-changing world of independent music. GroundUP strives to keep the focus on the music itself, empowering each artist with the necessary tools to successfully tour and sell records on the road. The label's philosophy revolves around matching each group with their ideal listening audience, regardless of genre, style, or geography. With an unwavering belief that good music will always find its listeners, GroundUP sets out to create a platform where talented artists can thrive.

Mirrors were a Cleveland, Ohio band that formed in 1972 and was active between 1973 and 1975. They played a unique blend of proto-punk and avant-psych, drawing inspiration from The Velvet Underground. The original members included Jamie Klimek on guitars and vocals, Jim Crook on guitars and theremin, Paul Marotta on keyboards, Michael Weldon on drums, and either Craig Bell or Jim Jones on bass. In the late 1980s to early 1990s, Klimek and Marotta reactivated Mirrors with Paul Laurence joining as the drummer. Throughout their career, they collaborated with various other bands such as electric eels, X__X, The Styrenes, Rocket From The Tombs, Pere Ubu, Saucers.
Mirrors were known for their dark pizzazz and experimental sound that pushed boundaries. Their music had an edgy quality reminiscent of their heroes The Velvet Underground but with their own unique twist.
Although initially active for only a few years in the '70s before disbanding [they] made a significant impact on the underground music scene at the time. Their influence can still be felt today through their collaborations with other notable bands and artists.

The concept of Mirrors is simple: bring five unique musical spirits under one roof to each co-write a song with one another, yielding ten songs that are personal to the respective pair of songwriters yet are all unified through the collaborative co-production and recording process. 

Recorded just outside of Portalegre in the Alto Alentejo region of Portugal, the artists - one residing in Spain (Michael League), two in the USA (Becca Stevens and Louis Cato), and two in Portugal (Gisela Joao and Justin Stanton) - came together in late August amidst the nearly insurmountable restrictions to travel and conventional means of working together that COVID-19 has enforced upon people around the globe. 

A collective spirit of urgency and yearning for the creative process led to the birth of, I believe, a truly special set of dynamic, personal, and powerful music that captures each artists’ singular voices while simultaneously casting it through new and vibrant prisms forged alongside their compositional counterparts.

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