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“Distinctive vocals and emotive songwriting.. a musical experience that is both sonically engaging and intellectually stimulating” - EARMILK

"Arty, ebb-and-flow pop." - Billboard

"Carefully constructed sonic patchwork ... LOUIZA refuses to be constrained by genre." - The Line of Best Fit

LOUIZA invites comparisons to Joni Mitchell, whilst her songwriting invokes A Creature I Don't Know-era Laura Marling. - The Line of Best Fit

"Mimiaga's voice is centred throughout, whether arching through the crystal-clear lyric or stretching out into beautiful, wordless sound." - The Line of Best Fit

"Gorgeous ... LOUIZA (aka Rebecca Mimiaga) is an artist who is something-kinda-special." - Comeherefloyd

"Protean ... adventurous." - The Autumn Roses

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Bay Area native LOUIZA is one of indie music’s best rising pop singer-songwriters. She's released several albums, including Party Trick, Swim at Night, On, Off, White Light, Blood, Sweat, Rinse, Repeat and continues to receive glowing press for her music. Her discography questions and captures the spectrum of human essence in all its playfulness, boldness, and beauty.

LOUIZA's forthcoming EP, Like a Queen, revisits an idea posed in White Light: that we are able to hold a spectrum of feelings the way white light is able to hold a spectrum of colors, all at the same time. Like a Queen acts as a prism for LOUIZA's experience of grief. Each song represents a shade or phase of processing loss. "Like the Moon" reveals a desire to abandon this life and start over. "Now I Don't Know How" invokes a pervasive listlessness.

LOUIZA identifies her sound as alt-pop with a grunge hiss. In her latest record, “Like A Queen”, LOUIZA embraces Folk-Rock, Pop and softer shades of her writing. Fans have likened her to a Kurt Cobain and Joni Mitchell love-child. Her influences include early St Vincent, Paper Castles era Alice Phoebe Lou and Wye Oak. Her voice carries range and emotionality like Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and bares an oboe-like depth via Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood).

Background

LOUIZA has been singing since she can remember. She studied Classical voice at Skidmore, then transferred to the New School for Jazz in NYC, where she earned her BFA. LOUIZA’s creative process is playful and happens everywhere: in the car, hiking in the woods and sometimes in the middle of the night. She turns to her acoustic piano, synthesizer and Ableton to flesh out ideas. Light, water and physical movement are recurring themes in LOUIZA's music and visual landscape. Dance, in particular, has deepened her body’s connection with music and made her a better performer.

As LOUIZA continues to push the boundaries of expression and explore new ideas, her ultimate goal is simple: to move people.

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