{"id":32382,"date":"2019-10-06T17:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T21:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32382"},"modified":"2019-10-06T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:24:02","slug":"miesha-the-spanks-share-their-new-single-the-girls-are-o-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32382","title":{"rendered":"Miesha &#038; The Spanks share their new single \u2018The Girls Are O.K.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Miesha &amp; The Spanks have shared our first new single since their 2018 release\u00a0\u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/1uxe4.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/ZTwWbxmqAw8KkrufIzAd-kaE1r8wuns4Mmcqdc9Mo_2mveQRtJ5OF6M2yA0UY7_UA_Kd5-Q5CCSWL2KN64Zzp5GqBqzjwvkCCXX-i_kE0P7wPvVatMLg3vlYKqdARhyJ1izU_AHawAnIp8V6WyAN8fpy-BdEubVZXg08u-m7sbr_E8w0Viz4vseHJRkPeCdDsjYKcQfoY2W-vtzq2P_umNDRhjTJf4HYULEyQKZVkJJ6CMRbwY0-\">Girls Girls Girls<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0You can listen to <em>The Girls Are O.K.<\/em> via Soundcloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/681029303&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The single is also streaming now on <a href=\"http:\/\/1uxe4.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/CYdiOHspL42SS5jcK4nkWL3Y10PwNugQzCwqph56hvQPNdn3xvbBwNAJijVb1jO8ibG8bx9fUZk_0UQt7ZBViOsIMX7v15ALkX3Bm2hojydQB4hNaKurRQxFbeE_6FcXXU9ULeGTwohZAtxIoYycKLVyPTV619878akRlJEZYMZ_4U-bxtpmWRwynxGRDGSXs7P4wdA8WWjEkTDaG7B85xJwZ_lAT0HqKGGlG5hDkFsGJ3i9tq_j\">Spotify<\/a>&#8230;and wherever else you get your music. \u2018<em>Girls Girls Girls<\/em>\u2019 was a wild ride, which saw the band tour across Canada and overseas to the UK. It hit #1 on the national Earshot Loud charts, with singles <em>Summer<\/em> Love at #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown, and <em>Atmosphere<\/em> #7 on CBC R3-30. It also just won Rock Recording Of The Year and Single Of The Year at the YYC Music Awards!\u00a0Miesha wrote <em>The Girls Are O.K. <\/em>while in her third trimester this summer, expecting twins\u2014 no idea what their gender would be. At the same time, she was scheduling this year\u2019s Girls Rock Camp in Calgary.\u00a0The whole thing got her thinking about these strong, weird, cool girls that she gets to work with every year and watch grow, and how if she ended up with two baby girls, she wouldn\u2019t be worried about or for them at all, because the girls from camp were already light years ahead of where she was at their age.\u00a0They\u2019re so brave and they already know they don\u2019t have to take any bullshit\u2014 something she learned much later in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had this year\u2019s Girls Rock Camp Calgary contribute backing vocals to the song, highlighting the driving force behind my inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Miesha &amp; The Spanks have shared our first new single since their 2018 release\u00a0\u2018Girls Girls Girls\u2019.\u00a0You can listen to The Girls Are O.K. via Soundcloud <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32382\" title=\"Miesha &#038; The Spanks share their new single \u2018The Girls Are O.K.\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":"On Culture Addicts: Miesha & The Spanks share their new single \u2018The Girls Are O.K.\u2019","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"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":[22,23,28],"tags":[8515,8514],"class_list":["post-32382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","tag-miesha-the-spanks","tag-the-girls-are-o-k"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/62472CCB-5EB4-4249-8B3E-1238B7D710D1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C796&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8qi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28046,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28046","url_meta":{"origin":32382,"position":0},"title":"Jay Som releases 7&#8243; + shares B-Side &#8216;O.K., Meet Me Underwater&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Jay Som - singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Melina Duterte - released her breakout debut album 'Everybody Works' to critical acclaim last year. 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