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"...stop-in-your-tracks, bravura moment of power balladry, the likes of which you simply don’t hear any more...[She] has managed to turn every moment of personal fragility, of soul-baring vulnerability, into high art." - Press Play
"...cerebral atmospheric electronic soundscapes hinged on powerful vocals..." - Virgin Mobile
"Long story short: My Midnight Heart is clearly raising the bar in regards to what it means to be an artist in 2014." - Virgin Mobile
"My Midnight Heart has a rich, sonically entrancing voice that washes over electronically-enhanced percussion like velvet." - Chart Shaker
"...a combination of dream-like R&B and drifty electronic textures without ever lacking for propulsion." - SPIN Magazine
"...a combination of dream-like R&B and drifty electronic textures without ever lacking for propulsion." - SPIN Magazine
"...lush vocalist Angelica Allen" "...breathy & smooth" - HardCandyMusic.com
"...it sounds like something Dev Hynes could’ve produced. But didn’t." - IFoundMusic.com
"...it sounds like something Dev Hynes could’ve produced. But didn’t." - IFoundMusic.com
"My Midnight Heart is avant-electro-pop at its best…"
"We were instantly hooked by My Midnight Heart’s effortless and unexpected sound that mixes soul soaked minimal R&B, sweeping electronica, and percussive left-field-pop unlike anyone else making music." - Kick Kick Snare
"...full of dreamy synths and bouncing percussion."
- Artist Direct
"...pouring her heart into beautiful, impassioned singles like 'Chest of Hearts'" - Death and Taxes
"…the same upper-register vocals reminiscent of Mariah Carey — but set atop airier instrumentation." - Redefine Magazine
"...like a more soulful version of Cocteau Twins." - The Deli Magazine
"...like a more soulful version of Cocteau Twins." - The Deli Magazine
"My Midnight Heart just released your new favorite song"
"...bedroom-friendly vocals a la My Brightest Diamond and Bat for Lashes."
- Fuse TV
"For a frame of reference: MMH sounds like Bat for Lashes casting spells in the moonlight with Vanity 6."
"...combines cosmic 80s synths, shimmering soul-pop vocals, and tribal beats."
"Vocally her silky tones recall Mariah's lower registers as much as London's Foxes."
- Noisey // Vice Magazine
"My Midnight Heart makes cerebral atmospheric electronic soundscapes hinged on the powerful vocals of Angelica Allen. With a producer’s instinct and enveloping lyrics, MyMidnight Heart has shared stages with Solange, Blood Orange and Nick Waterhouse."
"Angelica’s strong-yet-sweet echoing vocals wash over dreamy synths and bouncing percussion on the EP title track." - Pittsburgh Music Magazine
"..the title track glides on a bed of smooth synths and skittering percussive touches..." - Pitchfork.com
"...cerebral atmospheric electronic soundscapes hinged on the powerful vocals of Angelica Allen."
- NeuFutur.com
"...cerebral atmospheric electronic soundscapes hinged on the powerful vocals of Angelica Allen."
- NeuFutur.com
"Her sound has got some of the soul of artists like Janelle Monae, with a mix of ambient, dream pop vocals ala Sade with rock-n-roll edge." - Remezcla
"Her sound has got some of the soul of artists like Janelle Monae, with a mix of ambient, dream pop vocals ala Sade with rock-n-roll edge." - Remezcla
"My Midnight Heart has us mesmerized." - NPR
"With pulsating beats and exquisite lyrics, My Midnight Heart is melting minds with their signature twist on sonic dreamscapes." - Rolling Stone
"With pulsating beats and exquisite lyrics, My Midnight Heart is melting minds with their signature twist on sonic dreamscapes." - Rolling Stone
"My Midnight Heart’s lush arrangements bring to mind the adventurousness of Kate Bush and Bat for Lashes, but are set apart by Allen’s deeply personal, dreamlike imagery." - Brooklyn Academy of Music
Discography
CHEST OF HEARTS (EP - NOV 2013)
MIDNIGHT HEART (Single - June 2012)
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Bio
"There was never a beginning for My Midnight Heart", Angélica says, "I had been gigging and writing songs as long as I can remember, but eventually I noticed them shifting and taking a more defined shape--so I decided to let go of the acoustic singer/songwriter thing and start a band." Following the direction of her music, the group--then a trio , began playing under Angélica's first name at NYC's rock bars in 2010 with a massive Noise Pop sound. However, the project came to a halt, when Angélica began touring with the Trans Siberian Orchestra in 2011. "Singing with TSO was difficult honestly", she says, "It was such an intense schedule that I really had to put my music completely aside; let it die for a while."
Although the band started performing again after she returned to New York months later, the project didn't fully resurrect until almost a year after a period of concentrated song writing and experimentation. Previously heavily guitar based and strongly influenced by PJ Harvey's "Rid of Me" and The Kills' "No Wow"; Angélica now turned to echoing pianos, dreamy synths, and parred down, washy vocals. "I began to realize that the songs and the sound weren't really about 'me' anymore." Angélica comments, "They had taken the shape of something darker inside me. I knew couldn't call the band 'Angélica' anymore."
My Midnight Heart takes it's name from the first single "Midnight Heart". Angélica explains, "it was the first thing I thought of when someone asked me what I was calling the project...But now it seems perfect to me. It's giving a name to the dreams and fears hidden deep inside us; things we hide even from ourselves...And when you say 'My Midnight Heart', it becomes 'yours'. The name forces you to identify with the music. That's what it's all about", Angélica adds, "Empathy."
The first official release from My Midnight Heart, the 3-track EP entitled "Chest of Hearts" is due out November 5th 2013.
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