Long time collaborator with Daedelus, Adventure Time and the west coast Plug Research/Dub Lab communities, Mia Doi Todd’s latest single turns up on Kindred Spirit enforcing thier links after they released last years’ Album Of The Year from Build An Ark, Dawn.

Simple acoustic guitar with string arrangements gives ‘Sleepless Nights’ a dreamy sixties ambiance to the song. This is acoustic modal folk at its best but when you hear ‘Night Of A Thousand Kisses’, those tears that kept you awake at night really begin to flow.

The new album GEA comes out March 4th on City Zen Records in the US and she’s on an extensive tour in Feb 29-March 31 opening for José González. So we won’t get to see her until at least April but Kindred Spirits will be releasing the album over here on the 14th March.

In the meantime, check her MySpace for some sneak previews and catch up with the back catalogue like Manzantia and Golden State. That said, I’m thinking GEA is her best work to-date.

Reviewed: Mia Doi Todd — Sleepless Nights (Kindred Spirits) Cat. No.KS 022-7: Vinyl, 7”, Single Release date: 14th January 2008
Tracklisting:
A Sleepless Nights
B Night Of A Thousand Kisses

Links:
Mai Doi Todd @ MySpace www.myspace.com/miadoitodd
miadoitodd.com
www.futurepigeon.com
Manzanita at wikipedia
The Spitz Festival of Folk www.spiz.co.uk
Gilles Peterson WW Awards Part 2: WW All Star Selectors 2005 tracklisting 25.12.05:
Carlos Niño (Ammoncontact, Build An Ark, Hu Vibrational, The Life Force Trio)
TRACK CHOSEN: Mia Doi Todd & Adventure Time — ‘Amor’ (Plug Research)