{"id":39300,"date":"2023-04-28T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39300"},"modified":"2023-04-12T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T01:33:07","slug":"midwife-vyva-melinkolya-share-miss-america-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39300","title":{"rendered":"Midwife + Vyva Melinkolya\u00a0share \u2018Miss America\u2019 single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As they prepare for the release of their synergistic new album\u00a0\u2018Orbweaving,\u2019 Madeline Johnston (Midwife) and Angel Diaz (Vyva Melinkolya) have shared the second single <em>Miss America<\/em>.\u00a0The haunting new track features gorgeously layered instrumentals backed by ghostly vocals. It sparkles and smoulders, and receives a complementary video treatment from Johnston. Watch <em>Miss America <\/em>via YouTube below <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EB1xozI3BMs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madeline and Angel became close friends in 2020, each regarding the other as a lifeline when things were difficult in their personal lives. This friendship was born from music but quickly became so much more. The two met in person in 2021, when Angel came for a recording residency at Madeline\u2019s studio in New Mexico. It was during this session that they wrote and recorded\u00a0\u2018Orbweaving,\u2019 in the heat of summer in the arid Chihuahuan Desert.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Orbweaving\u2019 combines the best parts of\u00a0Midwife\u2019s Heaven Metal and\u00a0Vyva Melinkolya\u2019s sentimental, classic shoegaze in a way that distinctively elevates both artists. The record explores themes hopelessness, calling on a higher power, being alone, and the sublime horror of the natural world.\u00a0\u2018Orbweaving\u2019 seeks to thematically and sonically create a web like structure &#8211; a gauze of sorrow and visceral connective thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/B96907FF-6ADA-414B-B419-A615088A1A19.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/B96907FF-6ADA-414B-B419-A615088A1A19.jpeg?resize=900%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Orbweaving cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-39301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/B96907FF-6ADA-414B-B419-A615088A1A19.jpeg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/B96907FF-6ADA-414B-B419-A615088A1A19.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/B96907FF-6ADA-414B-B419-A615088A1A19.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/B96907FF-6ADA-414B-B419-A615088A1A19.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018<strong>Orbweaving\u2019 track listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.\u00a0Miss America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Hounds of Heaven&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.\u00a0NMP\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Plague X<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Orbweaving&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Orbweaving\u2019 will be released\u00a0May 12th\u00a0on The Flenser and physical pre-orders can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-pzwhd-itjldhidjy-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>, digital pre-order\/pre-save is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-pzwhd-itjldhidjy-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-pzwhd-itjldhidjy-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Revisit the first single <em>NMP<\/em> via YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As they prepare for the release of their synergistic new album\u00a0\u2018Orbweaving,\u2019 Madeline Johnston (Midwife) and Angel Diaz (Vyva Melinkolya) have shared the second single Miss <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39300\" title=\"Midwife + Vyva Melinkolya\u00a0share \u2018Miss America\u2019 single\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39302,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","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":[13,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[79,9160,11203,11205,10268,11204],"class_list":["post-39300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-ambient","tag-midwife","tag-miss-america","tag-orbweaving","tag-slowcore","tag-vyva-melinkolya"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1A1391F7-19CF-4C10-8340-7FCC58891966.jpeg?fit=900%2C409&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-adS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36711,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36711","url_meta":{"origin":39300,"position":0},"title":"Midwife shines and smoulders on \u2018Christina&#8217;s World\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Midwife has shared her new single Christina's World. 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