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Florida may be the Sunshine State, but Tallahassee's Mira sound like they've been on the short end of one too many rainy days. Not that that's a bad thing--especially when you're on a record label that prides itself on being den mother of all things goth. Yet while Mira exude a certain moroseness, there's something decidedly un-goth about them. For one thing, they're a rock band. Synth excess and hazy atmospherics are eschewed in favor of stripped-down guitar-bass-drums arrangements that share a bond with the early-'90s shoegazer sound. And vocalist Regina Sosinski possesses a confident, clear voice that floats with a stately beauty over Tom Parker's sparse guitar. The effect is a cross between My Bloody Valentine (whose "When You Sleep" is covered here) and Mira's label mates Love Spirals Downwards, with dollops of Cocteau Twins and Sundays thrown in here and there. Pleasant, introspective, pretty--even gorgeous in places--but perhaps ultimately a little too familiar.
--Steve Landau