Sc Mira to rock Pride Gardens
Winnipeg's indie-rock band Sc Mira is headlining at the NWT Pride Festival on Saturday night. Frontwoman Sadye Cage said the band has made a shift in their musical style with the upcoming release of their new EP, Keep Crawling. - photo courtesy of SC Mira |
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Friday, August 11, 2017
SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE
Winnipeg's Sc Mira is rocking the Pride Garden stage tomorrow as NWT Pride's headlining band.
The indie-rock group formed in 2013 when singer-songwriter Sadye Cage met lead guitarist Ty Vega in Winnipeg.
The duo began playing small acoustic gigs in the city, gradually picking up more members including bassist Mario Lagasse and drummer Jed Desilets, as they went.
Their debut album, Waiting Room Baby, was released in 2015.
In tomorrow's set, the band will be playing a collection of songs, including music from their latest EP, Keep Crawling. Cage said the new EP represents a shift in their musical style to something with darker lyrics, heavier basslines and more synth.
Yellowknifer chatted with Cage ahead of the show about the band's musical roots, influences and where it is heading stylistically with the September release of Keep Crawling.
The interview below has been edited for clarity and length.
Q: How would you define your music?
Our sound has been changing a lot over the past couple years. It started off with a heavy folk influence and now it is kind of moving toward synth driven pop, but it's also still quite rocky. There are some songs that are really heavy that we will be putting out in the new year so it's moving toward something bigger and heavier and darker. The single we have out now, Mexico, is an introduction to that sort of thing.
Q: Describe how you create your sound?
We're not using any creepy instruments necessarily - just the synth.
We started out with bass drums, guitar and we've moved into using a lot of synth. We kind of make fun of ourselves because, at a lot of points, there are three synthesizers going with different tones. We really just play with tones. We spend a lot time really dialling that up and picking the perfect sound for each song.
Q: What are your musical influences?
That changes a lot. At first, because we had more folk influence. I would say even someone like Neil Young. I always personally liked country music, Patsy Cline.
I felt a weird comfort in writing country and folk songs so that is what we were drawn to that when we first started. The more you learn, the more you travel and are on the road, the songs and the writing and the stage show also start to evolve. I don't think any of us ever wanted to be a band that is just sitting on the stage talking about why we wrote the songs - we wanted to be putting on a show.
Q: Describe the show you like to put on?
We're quite dramatic (laughing). I started out playing guitar on almost every song and I moved away from that so I can really perform.
On stage, we just started incorporating a few things into the live show.
I work with black body paint sometimes on the show. So just kind of incorporating visuals is really cool and something that we're exploring lately.
