Brooklyn-based trio “perfectly finds the intersection
of Phil Spector-style pop and punk” says PopMatters.
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Shining
Mirrors (L-R): Drew Robinson, Reni Lane,
Josh Christie. Photo credit: Drew
Robinson.
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[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdJKaHSEy30
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“The hooks are immediate, and the track’s warm
confidence wins us over within seconds; for two minutes and 51 seconds, we can
revel in the trio’s remarkable combination of innocence and danger.” – Jedd Beaudoin on “Cardiac” by Shining Mirrors
for PopMatters
For most bands, a day job gets in the way.
“These songs were all recorded in our loft,” says Shining Mirrors front man, Drew Robinson. “Drums and all.
Fortunately, I’m the building manager. That’s my day job.”
The first thing we hear on the new self-titled EP from
the Brooklyn-based band is bass player Reni
Lane telling her bandmates to “try it again.” It’ll remain a mystery as to
whether the previous take of opening cut “Cardiac”
(premiered this week via PopMatters)
just wasn’t up to snuff, but boy did they get it right on the one that made it.
The EP (out Nov.
3rd) contains this song, along with four more tunes that Shining Mirrors thoughtfully describes
as “dark garage” music.
“My biggest musical influences are Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix,” Robinson
says, exposing some deep roots. “I lived in the suburbs of Baltimore during my
teens. I recorded a string of albums in my bedroom under various pseudonyms,
and I played in a band. We had some mild success. We toured. We released an EP.
Then I followed my girlfriend to New York. We toured. We imploded.”
While living out this familiar rock n’ roll story, Robinson had the name Shining Mirrors in the back of his mind
the whole time. In 2012 he took it into the land of the living.
“As a human, your eyes never see your own face,” he
explains of the moniker’s significance – the “Mirrors” specifically. “What you see is a reflection of yourself.
All art, film, painting, literature, etc. is a mirror.”
And “Shining?”
“It implies a moment of clarity, something that’s
crystal clear, like the kind of epiphany that burns your eyes. It’s like the
moment when you finally realize something you’ve been thinking about for 20
years.”
For those indie-rock, power-pop, dark-garage fans in
the house, please rejoice in the fact that it’s only taken a fraction of that
time for Robinson to realize his
vision for Shining Mirrors.
The new EP from Brooklyn-based threesome Shining Mirrors arrives on Nov. 3rd, 2017, preceded by
the single “Cardiac,” streaming now. Members of
Shining Mirrors are available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Shining Mirrors – Live
9/29/2017: New Haven, CT @ Stella Blues
11/3/2017: Brooklyn, NY @ Flowers For All Occasions (EP Release Show)
11/10/2017: Philadelphia, PA @ PHÂRMÂCY
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Shining Mirrors
“Shining Mirrors” EP
Nov. 3rd, 2017
Track Listing:
01. Cardiac (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE
| SOUNDCLOUD
| MP3)
02. All Action
03. Favorite TV Show
04. I Got Thru
05. Holy Men
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Shining Mirrors Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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