The K Records staple lives just hours away in Portland, but she hasn't been to Seattle since her Vera Project performance back in May. To make up for lost time she's playing two shows in the very near future, the first on Friday, October 29, at the Kirkland Teen Center and the second a week later on Saturday, November 6, at the Old Fire House in Redmond.
"The reason why the two are so close is because they're actually different projects," says Mirah. "The Kirkland show is like Mirah the Band, and the Redmond show is with the Black Cat Orchestra. The material is totally different. It's essentially two different bands playing; I just happen to be in both in them."
For the Kirkland show, she will be playing her solo material with a full band (bass, violin, and drums), which will be something new for those of you who are used to seeing her only as a solo artist. In fact, performing with a band is even kind of something new for her.
"It's more normal, I think, for people to start off in bands and then start doing solo stuff. I've instead had the experience of playing for years and years by myself and then adding other people. It's a little bit strange," she laughs. "It was still feeling very new and a little awkward, but I feel like I'm more used to it. It's nice, it's kind of cozy up there not being all alone."
The presence of a band won't take away from the intimacy Mirah's performances are known for, but it will make the show less about her and more about the songs themselves, something Mirah's actually very happy about.
"By playing with a band, for me, it's more about the music and the people that I'm playing music with. That's actually the manner I wish to engage with people, more than being kind of chatty. When I first started playing, very early on, I would do something like 'This song's called blah blah blah. It's about blah blah blah,'" she says with a laugh. "I would never do that anymore!"
This Friday's show starts at 7:30 p.m. and is $5. The Old Fire House performance with the Black Cat Orchestra starts at 8:00 p.m. and costs $7. MEGAN SELING
