Fleshing out soft-spoken, distorted guitar atmospheres with instruments like keyboards and mallet percussion, Mia Joy debuted her dreamy indie tunes on the full-length Spirit Tamer in 2021. It included a cover of Arthur Russell's "Our Last Night Together."
According to her mother, Mia Joy Rocha sang herself to sleep as a baby. She joined the Chicago Children's Choir at a young age and later credited such artists as Grouper and Sade as influences for her ethereal songs. Her debut EP, Gemini Moon, appeared in 2017. Mia Joy made her first album, Spirit Tamer, with keyboardist Jo...