SC Mira’s music inspired by recovery

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SC Mira never intended to be a band.
 Instead the Winnipeg collective started out as a songwriting outlet for bored lead singer Sadye Cage while she was recovering from a serious illness.

SC Mira visits Lethbridge, July 4. Photo by Travis Ross
 They come to the Owl Acoustic Lounge, July 4.
“ It started exactly as you said. I was recovering from health issues and started writing,” Cage said from the band’s tour stop at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


 Guitarist / keyboardist Ty Vega decided to help her record the songs.

Through friends and friends of friends they added bassist Mario Lagasse and drummer Jed Desilet and more recently Caro La Flamme to the line up.


 But because they weren't actually a band and because they were recording in an old bank vault turned studio of another friend, they had the luxury of time to record their debut EP “ Waiting Room Baby,” which was released June 9.


“We were able to take our time with these songs. We had that luxury to figure out where we wanted them to go,” she said.

 The CD has been an instant hit with audiences, who were drawn to the single “Do Me” and  quirky finger puppet video featuring  finger-puppets recreating some of the more risque moments from popular videos.


“We were talking about ideas for videos after a show. And we were talking about how bizarre some of these videos are,” she said adding that lead to the group deciding to reenact  some of the more  bizarre moments with puppets to emphasize how weird, not to mention how sexualized some of them are.


 

“ It’s interesting how differently you see videos when you’re young,” she said.
She said the band  is starting to think about writing new music.


“But not yet. We‘re focussing on getting this tour  finished,” she said.
“ We get to be back in Winnipeg for Canada Day, then we’re going to Lethbridge.”
 They have never played here before.


“The show is a lot different than what you would expect from the  listening to the CD. It’s very high energy. We put everything put there on stage,” she said.

 There is no cover for the show, which begins at 9 p.m., July 4.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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