Miami Horror Gets Remixed by Memory Tapes
“Holidays” w/Alan Palomo (Neon Indian/Vega) featured as NPR Song of the Day
Fresh off their successful summer tour and US debut, Melbourne-based group Miami Horror was featured on NPR this week, and released a Memory Tapes remix of their second single “I Look to You.” The original track is the second single from Miami Horror’s recently-released debut album, Illumination, which features contributions from Swedish singer MAI, Melbourne-based chanteuse Kimbra, Dappled Cities’ Tim Derricourt, and Neon Indian/Vega’s Alan Palomo.
Check out their previously-released video for “I Look To You,” featuring Kimbra, here.
“Influenced by pop artists of the 1970s and ’80s like ABBA and Prince, [Miami Horror] from Sydney are poised to become every disco balls’ new bestie.”- New York Post, ‘You Must Know’
“…Miami Horror, the Aussie outfit who make music so beautiful it hurts…sound so robust it makes the disco it emulates almost pale in comparison.” – Black Book
“…they’re a synthesis of so many sounds ranging from disco, prog rock like ELO, some 80’s like Talking Heads, trip hop and so many other sounds to neatly pigeon hole.” – Examiner.com
“Miami Horror manages to stand out among the clutter, though, by doing it just as well, if not better, than everyone else.” – The Dallas Observer
“As a debut album, ‘Illumination’ is a wonderful start of something we hope to be around for a long time.” – Chicagoist