When Miranda Sound was active, they were active, as in getting around the country. When they released their self-titled album in 2008, they toured out west. Here is part of an article from the Denver Post:
Billy Peake and Dan Gerken do little to dismiss the notion that the best art is made under conditions of duress.
It’s a cliché for a reason, as countless musicians have found inspiration in the physical and emotional threshing of their lives.
Peake and Gerken, who share singer/guitarist duties in the Ohio post-punk quartet Miranda Sound, will tell you their new record better reflects their onstage sound, that it’s a culmination of their nearly eight-year run together.
That’s true, but it obscures the fact that “Western Reserve,” released in July on Sunken Treasure Records, came kicking and screaming into the world after a violent conception.
“We had a crazy couple years with our personal lives, and we set out to make an extremely honest, direct and energetic record,” Peake said this week from a tour stop in Houston. “The production wasn’t as pretty as it’s been in the past, and we didn’t do a lot of crazy instrumentation and overdubs.”
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