Singer-songwriter Miya Folick is not all that strange. She grew up in Santa Ana, went to college for Theatre, and moved to New York for a short period of time. In a recent interview with Drunken Werewolf, Folick concedes that she didn’t consider pursuing music in her adolescence.
"I think I came to music fairly late. I didn’t grow up thinking I’d be a working musician or even thinking that that was in the realm of possibilities for me."
And yet "Talking with Strangers", the first song we heard Folick half-nervously perform at James Supercave‘s 11/11 show, commanded a je ne sai quoi seldom felt from rosy-eyed musicians, and even less seldom heard by Los Angeles. For those six minutes, the Echo resonated with her voice and guitar, an off-white Telecaster finger-plucked with precision — unequivocably serene. As she performed alone, it was difficult to consider Folick’s singing with embellishment, but listen to the studio version in her newly released "Strange Darling" EP.
Like the devil winds of Santa Ana, the katabatic pianos, synth dust, and guitar arpeggios fan Folick’s verses into flames, burning presumption to leave us in the ashes of wonder and awe.
"Strange Darling" is available to stream on Miya Foick’s Soundcloud and Bandcamp page. Watch Miya Folick perform at The Bootleg Theatre on December 3rd with Lena Fayre. And maybe buy some underwear, if you’re a strange darling. – Ryan Mo
