“Rhythms so heavy that just listening to them makes you sweat. Truly deep, truly strange, truly great Dazed & Confused
They harness the questing nature of free jazz to circle the outer limits of no wave and post-punk , while the anxious, androgynous yelps of Daniel Martin-McCormick communicate inner turmoil via what could almost be primal scream therapy. 4Ks Kerrang!
Taking cues from 60s free jazz, dub and disco and combining it with the punk rock sensibilities of their former outfit, Watersports is a delirious fever dream of an album. NME
Through both passionate live performances and incredibly powerful recordings, Mi Ami has made authenticity their mission. Comprised of two key members of Dischords hyper-percussive Black Eyes (Daniel Martin-McCormick on vocals and guitar, and Jacob Long on bass) as well as Damon Palermo on drums, this trio from San Francisco has harnessed the energy of their previous work and focused it, laser-style, into a pure stream of heavy, concentrated playing. Pulling from 60s free jazz, dub, minimalism, disco, and African music, the band manipulates rhythm, negative space, and the physicality of song.
More than anything else, Mi Ami believes the music is the message, and that message is meant to be shared. The perfect live show is a transformative experience, and the band dreams of creating literal sound spaces that blur the line between the mechanical, electrical, and living. They want to take sound to another place where what youre hearing at a show is only a small part of what that song actually is to where the noise becomes multidimensional, physical, overwhelming, and freeing.
