Rising Harpist Mikaela Davis' Transcendent Take On Elliott Smith + "Other Lover" Video Premiere Via Ladygunn Unveiled This Week

Less than a month before the release of her John Congleton-produced debut LP ‘Delivery’ (July 13/Rounder), Mikaela Davis has unveiled two songs that pay homage to an early musical influence while simultaneously catapulting her towards her future. The video for her recent single “Other Lover” premiered Wednesday with a Ladygunn Q&A. Today, she reconnects with one of her early songwriting loves with a passionate cover of Elliott Smith’s “Half Right.” Mikaela will play Baby’s All Right in New York City on July 26 to celebrate her album’s release, and will follow that with a headlining, 22-city tour in the US, UK, and Europe. Full tour dates below.

Watch “Other Lover” and read the Ladygunn Q&A.

And on YouTube. 

Listen to “Half Right”. 

Says Mikaela of “Half Right,” “First year of high school on the school bus; I was sitting in front of my now-longtime bandmate Alex listening to my iPod. He asked what I was listening to and proceeded to scroll through my library. I agreed to let Alex put all new music on my iPod which led me to discover many artists like Sufjan Stevens, Ben Folds, Saves The Day... among them was Elliott Smith. I was floored by his work and I actually stopped writing music altogether for a few years until I rebuilt confidence in my own songwriting ability. Elliott has been a big influence and I'm excited to share my version of ‘Half Right’!”

Ladygunn has praised Mikaela as “blending ethereal, acid-soaked Polaroid images of the 1970s with a David Lynch-ian dreamscape.” “Other Lover” was named as WXPN’s “Gotta Hear Song of the Week” and was featured on Spotify’s Fresh Folk playlist when it was released June 1.  The first single, “Delivery” was included on New Music Friday and other hot Spotify playlists as well.

Watch the video for “Delivery”. 

Read a Q&A with Mikaela at Girlboss on her music and self-care habits. 

Mikaela crafts sweet and salty songs that twist, float, and constantly surprise. ‘Delivery’ shows off her wise-beyond-her-years songwriting abilities as well as her classical training – it straddles the lines of folk and funk, AM rock and 80s pop experimentation. ‘Delivery’ was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Future Islands, Angel Olsen) and it's already been hailed by Uproxx as "a sonic and stunning 10-track, genre-bending record."

Mikaela just wrapped up a month-long, sold-out national tour with Lake Street Dive and has previously toured with Bon Iver, San Fermin, the Punch Brothers, Watkins Family Hour, The Staves and more.

TOUR DATES:

July 26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right

Aug 11 - Rochester, NY @ Abilene Bar & Lounge

Sept 19 - Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Vredenburg

Sept 24 - Baden, CH @ Royal

Sept 25 - Dudingen, CH @ Bad Bonn (w/ S. Carey)

Sept 26 - Paris, FR @ Le Pop Up

Sept 28 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

Sept 29 - Brussels, BE @ Witloofbar

Oct 1 - London, UK @ Omeara

Oct 2 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen

Oct 3 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

Oct 4 - Glasgow, UK @ Hug & Pint

Oct 5 - Bristol, UK @ Louisiana

Oct 10 - Allston, MA @ Great Scott

Oct 11 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom

Oct 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy

Oct 15 - Washington, DC @ DC9

Oct 16 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Backroom

Oct 19 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement

Oct 21 - Indianapolis, IN @The Hi-Fi 

Oct 23 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry

Oct 24 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern

Oct 27 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake


Pre-order the album here:

http://found.ee/MikaelaDavis_Delivery

https://www.mikaeladavis.com/