AGAINST THE GRAIN FESTIVAL:
TOTALLY MILD
Totally Mild started out as the solo project of songwriter Elizabeth Mitchell, and has now become a full blown lush pop quartet. Elizabeth's voice is a thing of unearthly beauty, capable of soaring and swooping in shiver-inducing ways. As a songwriter she is equally arresting, addressing desires and dreams with affecting frankness.
Following on from their acclaimed 2015 debut Down Time, Her is a shining jewel of an album. Elizabeth Mitchell's voice is a thing of unearthly beauty, capable of soaring and swooping in shiver-inducing ways. As a songwriter she is equally arresting, addressing desires and dreams with affecting frankness.
In Her she is joined by guitar magician Zachary Schneider, bassist Lehmann Smith, and drummerAshley Bundang (Bundang has since moved on to work on other projects, with Dylan Young now on drums). In the last few years the band have developed a quasi-psychic intensity, surging forward or pulling back in seamless unison. This intensity has been captured in crystalline form by producer and one-time Architecture In Helsinki member James Cecil.
Her is polished and spacious, while never losing the feeling of a band in full flight. After Down Time's release, Totally Mild toured UK/Europe in 2015, then hit the US in early 2017, playing SXSW and a string of LA/NYC shows. In Australia they have played Meredith Music Festivaland shared stages with the likes of Real Estate, Kurt Vile, Best Coast, DIIV and The Chills.