Singer-songwriter, Rae Isla has released her new single, “Miles and Miles”. Produced by Isla with guitarist/composer Pablo Valero (formerly of Mexico City’s Santa Sabina), the deeply moving track heralds the Bainbridge Island, WA artist’s upcoming new album, New Frontier, arriving Friday, July 19th.
“I drove 2,868 miles across the country during the pandemic from Brooklyn to Seattle,” says Rae Isla. “When I got home, I sat down at my childhood piano and wrote this song in one meditative sitting. I could still feel the hum of the highway. The drive reminded me of many things, but most importantly how beautiful and resilient this country is. Signs along the road of hope and encouraging social distancing. The smiles and warm wishes from masked gas station attendants. The hopeful 18-year old from Tennessee starting his first ‘real job’ at Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Through my Westward journey, I witnessed people’s strength and it reminded me of my own.”
To celebrate “Miles and Miles,” the fiercely independent Isla has created an original browser game enabling players to guide a pixelated cowgirl across a side-scrolling desert landscape reminiscent of her own cross-country journey, playable HERE.
“We spent the past 3 months building a game for my song ‘Miles and Miles,” Isla says. “It’s a whole world, rich with lyrics, imagery, and easter eggs that tell the journey this song has been on. Why do this? It’s super weird to release music these days. I mean, were songs even meant to be experienced alone, bent over a device? Probably not. But here we are… One thing that can really help a release is having people engage with a song before it’s officially out. So, instead of posting a gajillion Tik Toks, I wanted to spare you my terrible dance moves and let you experience the world around ‘Miles and Mile’s in a new way. Music is digital so why not immerse as deeply as we can in a digital space!”
Isla will mark the upcoming arrival of New Frontier with a number of upcoming live dates, with performances set for Nashville, TN’s The Basement (May 4) and Los Angeles, CA’s The Hotel Café (May 15). Additional dates will be announced soon. For updates, please visit raeisla.com.
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4 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hotel Café