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Holly Miranda (born 21 September 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Besides being trained in piano, Holly is a self-taught guitar and trumpet player. In 2001, she recorded ''High Above The City'', a 20-track solo album available only at shows. In the fall of 2003, Holly met and teamed up with Alex Lipsen, producer and keys player. The project evolved into
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, a four-piece band based in
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.


Early life

Miranda grew up singing in church, in
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, learning piano at age six and picking up the guitar at 14, around the time she began writing songs. At the age of 16, she moved to
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, dropping out of high school and finishing her degree through correspondence. She earned a deal with major label BMG at the age of 17, but the music she recorded for them was never released. Miranda commented on this, saying: "I ended up walking away from t It's, like, in a safe somewhere and no one's ever heard it."


Career


2001–2007: Career beginnings, The Jealous Girlfriends

After moving to New York, she met the people she'd eventually refer to as bandmates for
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. The Jealous Girlfriends toured with
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and
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, and had their songs featured on TV shows like ''
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'' and ''
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''. The band received critical acclaim, and is currently on a break, with all band members continuing on their own musical pursuits.Who is... Holly Miranda
Retrieved 2010-03-17


2008–present: Return to solo career

After The Jealous Girlfriends went on hiatus, Holly Miranda decided to release a solo album with help from her producer friend
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's
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. ''
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'' was recorded in 2008. Miranda's publisher
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financed the album, but it wasn't formally released until 2010 after Miranda was signed to
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. ''The Magician's Private Library'' received positive reviews from critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it garnered an average score of 68/100. The album peaked at number 40 on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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, becoming her first album to chart on any ''Billboard'' chart. "
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" was released as the album's lead single, followed by "Waves". In support of ''The Magician's Private Library'', Holly Miranda toured as the opening act on
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's U.S. tour. Miranda also toured as a supporting act on the Xx Tour by
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, and the
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. Holly appears as a featured artist in
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's song "Love Is Real" from his album ''
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'' (2011). Her vocals are used in Creep's single "Animals" released on January 17, 2012. She is also the featured vocalist on Mmoths single "All These Things" from his album entitled ''Diaries'' released March 2013. Miranda parted ways with XL Recordings and began self-producing a new album. In 2013 she released two singles on the label Federal Prism formed by
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. Then in January 2015 she signed to
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to release her new full-length
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solo album. After writing in Joshua Tree, she recorded most of the album in Brooklyn, New York, enlisting the help of bandmates Timmy Mislock, Maria Eisen and David Jack Daniels, while taking turns herself on piano, drums, guitar and bass. The album was released on May 18, 2015. It was announced that Holly Miranda would be releasing a covers EP titled ''Party Trick'' on May 13, 2016, via Dangerbird Records. Miranda released a new album titled ''Mutual Horse'' in 2018, featuring a contribution from TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone.


Personal life

Miranda is a lesbian, but she doesn't like to label herself when it comes to being talked about as a musician. "I have no problem being out, but I don't think it has anything to do with my music", Miranda said. "I like who I like. I don't want people to not listen to my music because of that and I don't want people to listen to my music because of that. I haven't had to deal with it in a professional way very much yet."


Discography


Solo


Albums

* ''High Above the City: Evolution'' (2004) * ''
The Magician's Private Library ''The Magician's Private Library'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Holly Miranda, released February 23, 2010, in the United States by XL Recordings. It was produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek and Celebration's Ka ...
'' (2010) * ''Holly Miranda'' (2015) * ''Party Trick'' (2016) * ''Mutual Horse'' (2018)


Singles

* "
Forest Green, Oh Forest Green ''Forest Green, Oh Forest Green'' is the first single by American singer-songwriter Holly Miranda from her album ''The Magician's Private Library'', released 9 November 2009 in the UK and 17 November 2009 in the United States by XL Recordings. I ...
" (2009) * "Waves" (2010) * "Desert Call" (2013) * "Everlasting" (2013) * "All I Want is to be Your Girl" (2015) * "Midnight Oil" (2017) (w/ The New Asylum Choir)


The Jealous Girlfriends

* ''
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'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2007)


References


External links

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Holly Miranda in session for Rob da Bank
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