MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS will return June 16 with her new album EXISTENTIAL BEAST on Invisible Hands Music. This beautifully constructed new release is characteristic of the effortless, 70’s-influenced, country-tinged psychedelia evident throughout the Los Angeles native’s previous work. EXISTENTIAL BEAST was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rick Parker, best known for his work with BRMC and features first single “Lucid I Would Dream,”chosen by BBC 6‘s Lauren Laverne as a “headphone moment.” MIRANDA describes “Lucid I Would Dream”as, “a conversation with the subconscious and a study in dream interpretation. I have recurring dreams about being able to breathe underwater, and this apparently, is about being able to master complex emotional realms.” Listen to “Lucid I Would Dream”today on YAHOO (here). In May, MIRANDA will perform two Los Angeles shows: May 4 at The Alchemy Castle-Hollywood and her album release show on May 31 at the Bootleg Theater (here). Expect more U.S. and U.K. dates to be announced soon. EXISTENTIAL BEAST is a political album, examining the issues of our time, but with the intent of tackling these tough and often taboo subjects in a poetic and heartfelt manner. The title is also a mash-up of terms, referencing the existential crisis that has in turn arisen. MIRANDA says of EXISTENTIAL BEAST, “In essence, we are all still working within those animal urges of fear, competition, survival and sexuality which are deep-seeded and manifesting in varying ways and degrees for different individuals, depending on where they are at. But like it or not, these tendencies have been revealed, within our leaders, our countries and ourselves; it is indeed a pivotal and transformational time and there is much work to be done.”
