13 by Miranda Saikia

Carving out a unique space in the overcrowded Indian Independent music circuit is not a mean feat, but Miranda Saikia has managed just this; putting a bright spin to the traditional 90's pop sound. Hailing from Guwahati, the 13 year old singer songwriter successfully fuses delicate instrumentation and soaring pop-rock melodies to craft songs that appeal to both the mind and the heart. Armed with a clutch of breezy melodic pop-rock tunes belying her love for K-pop, Alt-rock and Classic tunes, a small, but loyal fan base and an impressive on -stage charisma, Miranda is showing signs of taking control of the stereo in the region, in the coming years.

MIRANDA SAIKIA sounds somewhere between a young Jess Hall and Jordin Sparks. India has finally started to become a stage for R&B and teen-pop music and Guwahati seems to be tucking a flower behind their ears and spearheading the wave. After years of being dormant, Miranda Saikia proves to the world what the Guwahati has been breeding all this while. She takes a groove ridden rhythmic sound, throws in some straight up pop-rock vocals and manages to come up with something that sounds fresh and relevant at the same time. She comments: " It's been a while since I have come up with something like this and I am imperative it's going to sound different to audiences around the world."

13 opens with a piece of riffery straight out of the Pop-rocker's textbook, and before long the whole arsenal of feel-good devices are employed to get her audience nodding their heads in appreciation. An upbeat vocal refrain, rising guitar tones, drum claps that could easily be a choir of hands, and the tone is very much set. 'Perfect Day' is almost a fairground track, the frivolity of youth and its associated freedoms on show in musical form, the anything-is-possible vibe dancing its way out of their melodies and planting themselves on your face in smile form

The latest to roll off Northeast- India’s flourishing independent scene is 13 year old Miranda Saikia. Has four full-length albums and numerous singles to her name, has featured in a number of videos and undoubtedly blazed her own trial without ever taking a look behind.

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