Overstimulated by Miranda Joan

Blossoming out of what was originally intended as a one song collaboration, Miranda has spent recent years collaborating with east coast producer, multi-instrumentalist, and bass extraordinaire Ben Carr AKA CARRTOONS on her sophomore album ‘Overstimulated’ (out 10th November). “It is an album book-ended by songs of affirmation, of rooting, of returning to and loving oneself, intertwined with the messy, chaotic and interconnected web of my hopes, dreams, imagination, love, and heartache”, Miranda muses. Simultaneously leaning into and letting go of the excessive and overstimulating, the LP sees Miranda’s developed songwriting and storytelling shift into a space of contemporary Jazz and Soul, where the instrumental and acoustic meets the electronic.

Produced by CARRTOONS, the release features further offerings from Sly5thAve, Hailey Niswanger, Danae Greenfield, Jake Sherman, and Ben Williams. The LP includes the singles “Overstimulated”, “I’m Good” and “Too Much” which have received support from the likes of NPR, Deb Grant & Tom Ravenscroft (BBC 6Music), BBC Focus Beats, Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM), Boba Fatt (Soho Radio), Consequence, EARMILK, Exclaim!, Stereofox and CBC, as well as playlisting on Spotify’s Fresh Finds.

Born in Montréal, Miranda spent her formative years growing up on the north shore of Vancouver, filling diaries with emotions and experiences. Her influences range from Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, and Carole King to Anderson Paak., Little Dragon and Robyn, drawing on both the classic and the contemporary. Building and developing her unique sound, she moved to New York to study Jazz and opened her inquisitive and creative style to a host of artists and producers in her musical surroundings, as well as the intensity of the city. Miranda is the co-host and co-founder of Brooklyn’s Femme Jam (NYC’s first all-female led jam session); a community initiative to create a womxn-led space with an emphasis on female musicians that fosters inclusivity. Alongside this, arts mentorship has been an important through-line in Joan’s career and for the past decade she has been a music mentor with the non-profit SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young.

She has performed on national tours, played sold-out and headline shows at well-known New York venues, provided backing vocals for the likes of The Killers, Kylie Minogue, Shawn Mendes, Lorde, and Andy Grammar, and joined Sly5thAve at Montréal Jazz Festival with the Orchestre National de Jazz, in a tribute to Dr. Dre. In 2021 she was selected as one of First Up with RBCxMusic Emerging Artists as she released her debut album ‘Windborne’, the follow up to her 2019 EP “Still”. Both releases received consistent radio airplay in Vancouver and Los Angeles and led to a sync placement on Canadian TV show The Strays.

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