MIIRORS has its roots in a happenstance meeting between Brian McSweeney and Shawn Rios in 2001 on an airplane that sparked a long friendship around music that lead to the formation of a band. The group started with the aim of creating an album rather than working toward a debut live performance giving it the ability to develop and grow organically from a recording project duo into a full five member bend that it is today with the inclusion of Dmitri Rakhuba, Andre Miller and Patrick Riley. During the early pandemic the band had no pressure to be a live act and made it even more practical to germinate the material so that the debut album Motion and Picture (released March 24, 2023) emerged as a fully realized work of ambitious songwriting that reflected influences of sonically detailed shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive and experimental art rock/pop outfits like Broken Social Scene and Lake Trout. Cinematic in the scope of its soundscapes Motion and Picture explores the full range of amplified emotions we’ve all experienced the past several years and is now available on digital and vinyl. And in the wake of the release of the album the group has been playing live shows throughout the Midwest.
Listen to our interview with McSweeney and Rios on Bandcamp and follow MIIRRORS at the links below. Also included below are the band’s music videos released as another dimension of the expression of the music.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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