{"id":2448,"date":"2012-03-30T19:19:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T23:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:59:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T21:59:49","slug":"new-band-discovery-mia-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2448","title":{"rendered":"New band discovery: Mia Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our inbox gets filled with loads of bands \/ PR co&#8217;s \/ labels trying to get our ears and eyeballs on their latest releases, but when I opened our inbox today and found a message from Dublin based 3-piece, Mia Sparrow, it reminded me why we write this blog. I started to watch the video for <em>China&#8217;s Gonna Help Us Out<\/em> and immediately loved what was coming through my headphones &#8211; soundscape synths, fuzzed out guitars, and poppy indie hooks. Culture Addicts was started to share the music we love with the world, and Mia Sparrow needed to be shared.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video for Mia Sparrow&#8217;s China&#8217;s <em>Gonna Help Us Out<\/em> via Vimeo below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/36958545\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Formed in the summer of 2009, Dublin\/New York based Mia Sparrow are Caroline, Paul and Ger. Their debut album, &#8216;[mee-ah-spar-o]&#8217; is available now for digital download via their <a href=\"http:\/\/miasparrow.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>. This release will be their 2nd following on from their debut single<em> Death of a Decibel<\/em> released in July 2011. Definitely get this one in your music collection.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Mia Sparrow, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/miasparrowmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">miasparrowmusic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Our inbox gets filled with loads of bands \/ PR co&#8217;s \/ labels trying to get our ears and eyeballs on their latest releases, but <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2448\" title=\"New band discovery: Mia Sparrow\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,29],"tags":[244,399,767],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","tag-chinas-gonna-help-us-out","tag-dublin","tag-mia-sparrow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mia_image1.jpg?fit=439%2C433&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-Du","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41455,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41455","url_meta":{"origin":2448,"position":0},"title":"Deerhoof Drop Two New Tracks to Support The Trevor Project","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sparrow Sparrow b\/w Overrated Species AnyhowLimited Edition 7\u201d Available Now via Joyful Noise Recordings Deerhoof return with a powerful statement, releasing two new tracks\u2014Sparrow Sparrow and Overrated Species Anyhow\u2014as a digital double B-side and a limited edition lathe-cut 7\u201d vinyl. 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