Your Ideal by Cinema Hearts
Watch the music video for "Your Ideal" - https://youtu.be/ms8hHKEv4WI
Cinema Hearts’ 'Your Ideal' EP chronicles the experience of competing in the world of Miss America pageants. A former Miss Virginia contender, Caroline Weinroth crafts songs about the loneliness, frustration and cut-throat drive it took to win, and then lose, on the glitzy pageant stage. Hear haunting harmonies soar over searing electric guitar and dreamy synthesizers produced by Bartees Strange, who also lent his hand in synths and guitar parts on the project.
Whereas the shoegaze-rock opener “Mirror” and grunge-inspired title track “Your Ideal” tackle the theme at hand most directly, love songs “Everyday is a Day Without You” and “Can I Tell You I Love You” deviate and lean into the 1960s Brill Building sound with girl group, surf and garage rock influences. Closing track “Sister” embraces an all-electronic production, programmed by Strange, as Weinroth sings about the melancholy bond with the women she met as they all fought to earn a crystal crown of approval.
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“Your Ideal manages to be that kind of record that's decidedly personal, but in its specificity, it ends up being full of broad appeal. Thankfully, the hooks here are robust in spots. Your Ideal punches hard, but every cut here is engaging and smartly rendered and observed.” — A Pessimist is Never Disappointed
“In five songs with infectiously catchy 50s progressions, the [Your Ideal] EP narrates the highs and lows of the Miss Virginia experience with a similar blend of high camp and disarming realness.” - Post Trash
“When one thinks of indie pop performers, one does not usually think of beauty pageant contestants. Yet former Miss Virginia contender, Caroline Weinroth is here to shake your world.” — Jersey Beat
“The truth is that I hope Weinroth never stops singing about fabulously trivial things and looking at love through a warped, pop-music lens. Your Ideal is a record that’s cool and clean. In Weinroth’s expert hands it’s a hurricane of a sugar rush.” — Slug Magazine
“Your Ideal is a tight little EP with each track worthy of note” — Ink19
“As a debut single, ‘Your Ideal’ is a clear statement of purpose that perfectly sets the stage for what’s to come from Cinema Hearts.” — District Fray
“this is one of the best rock records of the year” — New York Music Daily
Tracklist
| 1. | Mirror | 2:10 |
| 2. | Your Ideal | 2:47 |
| 3. | Everyday is a Day Without You | 3:04 |
| 4. | Can I Tell You I Love You | 2:37 |
| 5. | Sister | 2:22 |
Credits
Lyrics by Caroline Weinroth
Music by Caroline Weinroth; except “Your Ideal,” music by Caroline Weinroth and Erich Weinroth, and “Sister,” music by Caroline Weinroth and Bartees Strange
Produced by Bartees Strange
Recorded and Mixed by John Brooks at 38 North Studio, Falls Church, VA
Mastered for Digital by Brian DiMeglio at Recording Paradise, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered for Vinyl by Jesse Cannon at Found Soundation, Brooklyn, NY
Vocals, Guitar, Synth - Caroline Weinroth
Guitar, Synth - Bartees Strange
Bass - Max Nichols
Drums - Nicholas King
Handclaps, Shouts - Arami McCloskey, Sheila McCloskey, Caroline Weinroth
Photography by Sammy Hearn
Album Layout by supertonic.studio
Special Thanks to Sophy Peng Ender, Abby Rasheed, and Garin Pappas.
