Medical Miracle is a Chicago alternative/indie band that consists of Jade Miralles and Richard Yepez. The pair bonded over their love of bands like Phoebe Bridgers, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy and other like-minded music. Over the next three years they would work on their recent release entitled Together We Are Alone.
The music is often moody, melodic and melancholic but also can be quite catchy. To start things off they get going with the title track “Together We Are Alone” which is basically an intro. It’s basically a very manipulated vocal melody. This reminded me of an effect I often hear from Bon Iver. The album really starts to get moving with “Should've Said.” You are greeted with clean strummed guitar chords and vocals. A drum beat soon enters and the music starts to build. The chorus pops when it arrives. The song feels pensive and seeped in a low key type of sadness. There’s a beautiful section right around the two-minute mark. Great song. “Late Night Drive (Revisited)” contains a similar type of melancholy. The guitar work is really well done and there is just enough sadness in the vocals which make you feel like you can empathize. There’s a lot of quiet reflection to the music with lines like “I'll think about this every night. Did I do it right? It's just a late night drive.” “EM T.” was one of the highlights. This song reminded me of a lot of my favorite indie rock bands like Yo La Tengo and other like-minded artists. The vocal melody and guitar work work fit together really well. I also loved the hook on this song. “Be A Name” is a good one that soars and something about this song felt more aligned with dream-pop. Perhaps it was just the reverb tails. The album moves forward with a number of really well-done songs. “Poison” was good but I loved the dreamy and lush “Lovers in Bloom.” I have to think Beach House might have been an influence on this song. “Affection” is the closer. It’s the most dynamic song in the batch and the instrumental parts contain elements of post-rock. I thought this was a great album. The songwriting was consistently good and perhaps more importantly the album felt cohesive. If you’re a fan of the aforementioned bands this should be an easy win for you. Take a listen.
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