MI'ENS - Vancouver, BC

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Biography

Mi'ens is a mathy noise rock duo from Vancouver, Canada. Mi'ens is the female-fronted shredding of Kim Glennie on guitar/loops/Moog, backed by the polyrhythmic blastbeats of Evan Heggen on drums. Experimental, with a side of sparklepop. Their unique brand of math noise consists of live loops, layered textural guitar and effects, the warm, analog drone of the Moog, coupled with well-placed vocalizations, all atop breakneck beats.

Mi'ens veers into the territory of art rock/post rock on their latest, Future Child, a follow up to 2017's Challenger and their 2012 debut experimentalsparklenoisepop. Mi'ens has toured the US, UK and Canada, and has opened for Tera Melos, Elephant Gym, LITE and Drug Apts.

Recent Press

""Future Child" is an explosive blast of raw riffing and surging drums, blending a fairly straightforward dance beat with skronky, rhythmically complex guitar fireworks." - Exclaim!

"virtuosic and chaotic soundscapes . . . trippy as fuck” - Stir

"swerving and jagged yet strangely melodic guitar that is contrasted by the thick Moog lines, super technical drumming, and the occasional vocal." - Glide Magazine

"Climbing into the future on a mathy spiral of guitar and drum rushes . . ." - New Feeling

". . . this album is sure to bring you to a place of wonderment and fascination." - The Permanent Rain Press

Future Child
Future Child
Future Child

Future Child

Mi'ens is a mathy noise rock duo from Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2012. Experimental, with a side of sparklepop. Mi'ens is the female-fronted shredding of Kim Glennie on guitar/loops/Moog, backed by the polyrhythmic blastbeats of Evan Heggen on drums. Their unique brand of math noise consists of live loops, layered textural guitar and effects, the warm, analog drone of the Moog, coupled with well-placed vocalizations, all atop breakneck beats. Mi'ens veers into the territory of art rock/post rock on their latest, Future Child, a follow up to 2017's Challenger, their 2014 LP experimentalsparklenoisepop and the 2013 demo EP Mi’ens. Mi'ens has toured the US, UK and Canada, and has opened for Tera Melos, Elephant Gym, LITE and Drug Apts. “Virtuosic and chaotic soundscapes.” "Reminiscent of Hella or Don Cab." "Complex conversational playing." "Trippy as fuck."

1. Future Child
2. French Disko
3. Charge Dodger
4. Nu11 Set

5. Rifft Valley
6. Bolshevik Brunch
7. Ice Cream Ponies
8. Mondlandung

Cat. No. KRS663
Release date: September 25, 2020

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