the Mirror Stage
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The Mirror Stage crafts music that is greater than mere notes and lyrics. Its complex and intriguing songs epitomize the marriage of thought and instinct, of letting inspiration lead the way in a quest for perfection. It’s a lofty goal, certainly, yet one they’ve achieved on their debut EP Ten Thousand Tongues—five songs that are more inspired by writers such as Samuel Beckett and T.S. Eliot than musicians or songwriters.
The writing of vocalist/guitarist/wordsmith James McAnally comes from a desire to communicate those moments that usually leave us speechless. “Some people respond sitting at a piano, hearing it resonate, or in front of a symphony, picking out the parts,” he says. “I get it when writing, because I am trying to take all of these disconnected sources and weave them in to a story that attempts to make sense of a world in which the atomic bomb and Lazarus are supposed to coexist. Our best and worst as a society are both present in each of the songs.”
Yet The Mirror Stage isn’t solely lyrically focused; its thoughtfully constructed words are backed by intricate instrumentation that builds into well-composed crescendos. Each of its members is musically trained, from theory to opera to performance. James studied experimental music in college—including chant theory, which explains the chant and choral parts of Ten Thousand Tongues, as well as the unorthodox instrumentation from hammered dulcimer to unmetered percussion.
The writing of vocalist/guitarist/wordsmith James McAnally comes from a desire to communicate those moments that usually leave us speechless. “Some people respond sitting at a piano, hearing it resonate, or in front of a symphony, picking out the parts,” he says. “I get it when writing, because I am trying to take all of these disconnected sources and weave them in to a story that attempts to make sense of a world in which the atomic bomb and Lazarus are supposed to coexist. Our best and worst as a society are both present in each of the songs.”
Yet The Mirror Stage isn’t solely lyrically focused; its thoughtfully constructed words are backed by intricate instrumentation that builds into well-composed crescendos. Each of its members is musically trained, from theory to opera to performance. James studied experimental music in college—including chant theory, which explains the chant and choral parts of Ten Thousand Tongues, as well as the unorthodox instrumentation from hammered dulcimer to unmetered percussion.
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Body Politic
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Hymn of an Amen
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At the Still Point of the Turning World
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Ten Thousand Tongues
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Electrical Storm
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Electrical Storm full track | 3:24 |
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At the Still Point of the… full track | 5:04 |
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Ten Thousand Tongues full track | 5:56 |
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Recent Activity
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dcsports92gsr, richie_cook and dwise82 added the Mirror Stage to their libraries. October 2008
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JonMcIntosh connected the Mirror Stage to the group The Journey. August 2008
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JonMcIntosh unlinked the Mirror Stage from The Journey. August 2008
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JonMcIntosh connected the Mirror Stage to the group The Journey. August 2008
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JonMcIntosh tagged the Mirror Stage with ‘the journey’. August 2008
