Brightest Young Things

We've covered Jealous Girlfriends a plenty. At some point during their opening set for the Wedding Present last year, Peter, all misty eyed and hot around the collar described "because singer Holly Miranda looks like a woman who would follow you across the country to convince you to fall in love with and marry her, get bored after a month, join Cirque D’Soleil and reappear every five years to steal your weed and take your mother to breakfast."

You totally want to see and meet this girl. You totally want to be her too.
Well, she has a solo project now and is BLAZING through IOTA tonight (a set New York Times described as: "(An)Unleashing OF ferocious power of a hurricane") . We sat down and asked her to describe a couple of songs from her new EP for you just so you can pretend you're ready for what awaits you.
Hold on tight:

everytime i go to sleep - i think the music to this was orignally two songs that i just couldn't figure out where they should go and then it made sense.. they go together. i like it. it feels like act I and act II.. act i: is about dreams and what is real? i'm still not sure. dreams confuse me. my first memory is of my first dream, but not even what the dream was, only waking up and being confused by what had been happening while i was asleep and in my head and then crying because i couldn't grasp what just happened. act II: is about distance and change. this is only moment that really exists and what you do with it is yours. another topic that is hard to understand. i would like to live there. in this moment. and i do, whether i like it or not. right? i think. who said that? but seriously i choke myself up sometimes when i sing this song. the lyric "all my life has been on the edge of falling down, and one cool night they're gonna put my heart in the ground"

treehouse - this was originally called 'treehouse by the sea', the titled was based on that 'treehouses of the world' book. my friend and i spent an afternoon at roebling tea room in williamsburg, brooklyn looking at it and imagined another world of living in treehouses by the ocean. i think we almost did for minute. i recorded this song in the back of the van on tour with 'the jealous girlfriends' and that is the version that is on the ep. the vocals were recorded in the little mic at the top of this screen. its a good way to pass the time.. also if you have an ipod player with a headphone jack you can use the car stereo as monitors.. i'm just sayin'

joints - this song is about my bones and unrequited love. fibromyalgia and bleeding hearts. i have a lot of issues with my joints, my wrists have been broken a lot and then carrying amps and guitars.. my guitar is really heavy.. that what the title of this song is about.. not the rolled kind. this version i recorded at home.. its the first time i ever sang this. probably in the middle of the night or the wee mornings when i lived alone in greenpoint looking out over the east river at my smokestacks.

Want More:
http://www.myspace.com/hollymiranda
and check her out live @ Iota tonight