Mima Good is an experimental pop artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Manhattan, playing in different bands from a young age until eventually beginning her solo project. She is a classically trained vocalist with years of experience in jazz, pop, and rock technique. She has always been a composer and multi-instrumentalist, picking up guitar, piano and bass, but she really began to define her sound when she learned how to produce her own music. She converted her closet into a vocal booth and has been working on her debut album for the past year. Hydra is a genre-bending collection of songs about youthful woes from a troubled world.
The title track of the album, Hydra, is a bass-heavy battle cry for strength and freedom. The pounding, distorted kick and swinging organ transport the listener somewhere between an underground darkwave club in Berlin and a slow cabaret night on the Lower East Side. It is a track of building anticipation, beginning with a whispered growl and ending with a multi-voiced screaming catharsis.
Listen: “Hydra”
The Hydra is a giant 9-headed serpent that Hercules has to fight in Greek mythology. When he cuts off one head, two more grow in its place. For Mima, this serves as a metaphor for the constant personal and collective battle against systems of oppression. “When I released the Good Girl EP, I felt relieved that I had conquered my greatest personal trauma. Yet, I found that once I eliminated that monster, I found others lurking beneath the surface. I wanted so badly to feel free from the grips of my abuser, the patriarchy, trauma, but I realized how much my fear is tied to the collective. No one is free until everyone is free.”
Mima Good’s debut album, Hydra, is set to release this fall. Follow her on Spotify, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or subscribe to her email list for updates.
