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Petals And Thorns Bio
Petals And Thorns is an American musical duo, formed in 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio. The duo is a female/male studio collaboration between vocalist Mia Petals and multi-instrumentalist/producer Johnny Thorns. They combine sometimes fragile, yet sometimes cabaret, and other times angelic female vocals against gritty guitars, haunting synths, and delicate piano sounds. Music Style: Alternative Rock meets Darkwave with Female Vocals. (AltRock, Electro, Goth Rock, Darkwave, Industrial Rock,.) Petals And Thorns has released two studio albums: "The Broken Mirror" (Copyright 2014). "The Maid And The Blacksmith" (Copyright 2020). All rights reserved. Copyright protected. |
Mia and Johnny. 2014.
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History
"Basement Demos" (2009-2014)
The duo met in 2009. Musician Johnny had been working on a project intended for female vocals starting in 2006. He had attempted to work with three different vocalists between 2006-2008, before meeting Mia (via the internet) through a mutual friend; only to then realize they had both known each other earlier in life. Taking some time to get acquainted musically, they didn't release any material publicly, until 2011. The initial Petals And Thorns demos were self-leaked as free downloads online, and reached around 3000 downloads before the band decided to remove them in light of an official finished self-made release.
Garnering the early attention of DJs' and internet radio shows, such as: DJ Raven Digitalis' "Midnite Soundscapes", Tampa based "Dark Horizons", University of Columbia's "Dark Entries", Josh Alexander PDX in Portland, and having starred as musical guests on the Cleveland area local television show "The Daughter Of The Ghoul Show", all played a significant part in helping to increase the band's visibility prior to having their official release.
With their debut album only a little more than half way finished, they began to perform live. November 2012 would be their first performance, opening for long time legendary Cleveland gothic darkwave band Lestat.
"Basement Demos" (2009-2014)
The duo met in 2009. Musician Johnny had been working on a project intended for female vocals starting in 2006. He had attempted to work with three different vocalists between 2006-2008, before meeting Mia (via the internet) through a mutual friend; only to then realize they had both known each other earlier in life. Taking some time to get acquainted musically, they didn't release any material publicly, until 2011. The initial Petals And Thorns demos were self-leaked as free downloads online, and reached around 3000 downloads before the band decided to remove them in light of an official finished self-made release.
Garnering the early attention of DJs' and internet radio shows, such as: DJ Raven Digitalis' "Midnite Soundscapes", Tampa based "Dark Horizons", University of Columbia's "Dark Entries", Josh Alexander PDX in Portland, and having starred as musical guests on the Cleveland area local television show "The Daughter Of The Ghoul Show", all played a significant part in helping to increase the band's visibility prior to having their official release.
With their debut album only a little more than half way finished, they began to perform live. November 2012 would be their first performance, opening for long time legendary Cleveland gothic darkwave band Lestat.
Debut Album:
"The Broken Mirror" (2014-2015)
Fast forward a couple of years, a handful of performances locally and regionally were had, and the additional songs for the debut album to be completed, were finished. The original release of "The Broken Mirror" was, via Bandcamp, on Oct 29, 2014.
The band found last minute funding for a limited 100 CD pressing which was made officially available through their own BigCartel online store on December 30, 2014. "The Broken Mirror" became officially available via the normal digital mediums of iTunes, Spotify, Amazon,..etc on February 10, 2015.
Not satisfied with the idea of just releasing music out into the world without the financial backing to promote it properly through normal means (via touring or advertising), the duo set out to instead do what they could for bigger promotion of the album by filiming DIY music videos, one song at a time, starting in November of 2014. You can see the videos ----> here. The band's second video "Immoral Disclosure" was featured on the "Right This Minute" website and hailed as thought provoking.
On September 9th, 2015 "The Broken Mirror" was officially added to Pandora radio.
Click here to listen to Petals And Thorns radio.
"Method To The Madness" was featured on the Issue #39 of Devolution Magazine's cover mount cd compilation on pg. 44, release December of 2015.
In 2015 the band had their first print interview with "Gothic Noir Magazine". Songs from the album were featured again on "Dark Horizons", "Dark Entries: Goth Radio", "Midnite Soundscapes", "Communion After Dark", Cleveland's own "Dare Waves" and "COMA Music's Ooontzcast Compilation Vol 1".
Live Shows: The band opened four times for the Cleveland based band Lestat, starting in 2012 until 2014 prior to their album release. A landmark performance was had for the farewell of Lestat on November 22nd, 2014 with Petals And Thorns as the direct supporting act. They also opened for Stoneburner in 2014, William Control in 2015 and played at a New Year's Eve show in Buffalo, NY.
The duo has revealed that they were propositioned multiple times to tour, but for little or no pay. Due to the very small payout that lesser known bands receive from the likes of Spotify and Youtube etc, they couldn't find it economically feasible to be able to tour.
"The Broken Mirror" (2014-2015)
Fast forward a couple of years, a handful of performances locally and regionally were had, and the additional songs for the debut album to be completed, were finished. The original release of "The Broken Mirror" was, via Bandcamp, on Oct 29, 2014.
The band found last minute funding for a limited 100 CD pressing which was made officially available through their own BigCartel online store on December 30, 2014. "The Broken Mirror" became officially available via the normal digital mediums of iTunes, Spotify, Amazon,..etc on February 10, 2015.
Not satisfied with the idea of just releasing music out into the world without the financial backing to promote it properly through normal means (via touring or advertising), the duo set out to instead do what they could for bigger promotion of the album by filiming DIY music videos, one song at a time, starting in November of 2014. You can see the videos ----> here. The band's second video "Immoral Disclosure" was featured on the "Right This Minute" website and hailed as thought provoking.
On September 9th, 2015 "The Broken Mirror" was officially added to Pandora radio.
Click here to listen to Petals And Thorns radio.
"Method To The Madness" was featured on the Issue #39 of Devolution Magazine's cover mount cd compilation on pg. 44, release December of 2015.
In 2015 the band had their first print interview with "Gothic Noir Magazine". Songs from the album were featured again on "Dark Horizons", "Dark Entries: Goth Radio", "Midnite Soundscapes", "Communion After Dark", Cleveland's own "Dare Waves" and "COMA Music's Ooontzcast Compilation Vol 1".
Live Shows: The band opened four times for the Cleveland based band Lestat, starting in 2012 until 2014 prior to their album release. A landmark performance was had for the farewell of Lestat on November 22nd, 2014 with Petals And Thorns as the direct supporting act. They also opened for Stoneburner in 2014, William Control in 2015 and played at a New Year's Eve show in Buffalo, NY.
The duo has revealed that they were propositioned multiple times to tour, but for little or no pay. Due to the very small payout that lesser known bands receive from the likes of Spotify and Youtube etc, they couldn't find it economically feasible to be able to tour.
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Album #2
"The Maid And The Blacksmith" (2015 - 2020) January 2016, the duo officially announced that they have been writing their second album, and that they will be working with long time Cleveland area studio engineer / producer, Brandon Youngs of Track Six Recording Studios.They also announced that they do no expect to see the album finished until sometime late 2018, at the very earliest. |
Mia and Johnny. 2020.
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January 2018, the duo have announced that they are getting pretty close to having their new album written, but that it will not likely release until Fall of 2019. They began to take pre-orders, on their website. They have also made mention that they would be sharing exclusive behind the scenes clips to those who have pre-ordered the album, as well as including their names in the thank you notes.
May 2019, the couple announces that the album won't be ready until September of 2020. They describe it as extremely close to finished, but not in time for a fall of 2019 release.
May 2019, the couple announces that the album won't be ready until September of 2020. They describe it as extremely close to finished, but not in time for a fall of 2019 release.
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February 2020, the duo announce that it is 99% finished and "definitely on track for a fall of 2020 release. March 2020: October 2020 is announced as a release date, and the title of the upcoming album is publicly revealed as "The Maid And The Blacksmith". May 24, 2020: The couple reveals album cover artwork for the upcoming album over Memorial Day Weekend. |
Album cover art by Mia and Johnny.
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October 31, 2020: "The Maid And The Blacksmith" was released on Bandcamp and Youtube.
November of 2020,"Terra Relicta Dark Music Webmagazine" featured the duo in their "Spotlight" Publications."Terra Relicta Radio" also added the song "Digital Religion" to their airplay rotation. "The Maid And The Blacksmith" was featured on "Brutal Resonance's "What's In Our Inbox?" #40"; along with the song "Digital Religion".
Songs from the new album received radio airplay on "Dark Entries:Goth Radio" and livestream attention on Twitch channels: "DJ Jason Spins Goth", "Spooytish" and "Corvus Malum".
"Mick Mercer Radio's Broadcast 200 on November 15th, 2020" featured the song "Through The Shadows" via Mixcloud. Then again on "Mick Mercer Radio Broadcast 201 November 29th, 2020", the song "Burning Within" was featured.
MMH Radio: The Home of Rock Radio [Heresy w/ Adz] played the song "Digital Religion" on November 21st, 2020.
February 2021: Mia had her first ever zoom interview on Flatline2Beatline with Night Shayde. She reveals that the duo is working on putting together the first music video from the second album sometime in spring of 2021. She also reveals that the song planned for a video is "Lost In A Dream".
May 28th, 2021: The music video for "Lost In A Dream" was officially released and available for streaming on YouTube.
WRIR LP 97.3 FM Richmond NC Independent Radio "Metal Box" (Gothic Lizard) featured the song "Lost In A Dream" on June 3rd, 2021.
MMH Radio: The Home of Rock Radio [Heresy w/ Adz] played "Lost In A Dream" on June 5th, 2021.
October 29th, 2021: The music video for "Echo Chamber" was officially released and available for streaming on YouTube.
Cleveland's horror hostess Janet Decay, from "The Mummy And The Monkey" show, interviewed Mia and Johnny. The Youtube video ( Janet Decay Meets Petals And Thorns. Cleveland Goth Music ) premiered on November 20th, 2021.
February 19th, 2022: The music video for "Burning Within" was officially released and available for streaming on YouTube.
June 12th, 2022: The music video for "Digital Religion" was officially released on Youtube. This video features AI generated images created by Dall-E Mini.
November of 2020,"Terra Relicta Dark Music Webmagazine" featured the duo in their "Spotlight" Publications."Terra Relicta Radio" also added the song "Digital Religion" to their airplay rotation. "The Maid And The Blacksmith" was featured on "Brutal Resonance's "What's In Our Inbox?" #40"; along with the song "Digital Religion".
Songs from the new album received radio airplay on "Dark Entries:Goth Radio" and livestream attention on Twitch channels: "DJ Jason Spins Goth", "Spooytish" and "Corvus Malum".
"Mick Mercer Radio's Broadcast 200 on November 15th, 2020" featured the song "Through The Shadows" via Mixcloud. Then again on "Mick Mercer Radio Broadcast 201 November 29th, 2020", the song "Burning Within" was featured.
MMH Radio: The Home of Rock Radio [Heresy w/ Adz] played the song "Digital Religion" on November 21st, 2020.
February 2021: Mia had her first ever zoom interview on Flatline2Beatline with Night Shayde. She reveals that the duo is working on putting together the first music video from the second album sometime in spring of 2021. She also reveals that the song planned for a video is "Lost In A Dream".
May 28th, 2021: The music video for "Lost In A Dream" was officially released and available for streaming on YouTube.
WRIR LP 97.3 FM Richmond NC Independent Radio "Metal Box" (Gothic Lizard) featured the song "Lost In A Dream" on June 3rd, 2021.
MMH Radio: The Home of Rock Radio [Heresy w/ Adz] played "Lost In A Dream" on June 5th, 2021.
October 29th, 2021: The music video for "Echo Chamber" was officially released and available for streaming on YouTube.
Cleveland's horror hostess Janet Decay, from "The Mummy And The Monkey" show, interviewed Mia and Johnny. The Youtube video ( Janet Decay Meets Petals And Thorns. Cleveland Goth Music ) premiered on November 20th, 2021.
February 19th, 2022: The music video for "Burning Within" was officially released and available for streaming on YouTube.
June 12th, 2022: The music video for "Digital Religion" was officially released on Youtube. This video features AI generated images created by Dall-E Mini.
Discography
The Broken Mirror (2014)
The Maid And The Blacksmith (2020)
YouTube: Music Videos "The Broken Mirror"
Method To The Madness (11.8.2014)
Immoral Disclosure (1.23.2015)
Secret Dissonance (3.2.2015)
Endless Abandon (4.2.2015)
This Wilting Rose (6.1.2015)
Smiling In The Broken Mirror (10.9.2015)
Lift The Veil (10.31.2015)
Habitual Ritual (12.18.2015)
YouTube: Music Videos "The Maid And The Blacksmith"
Lost In A Dream (5.28.2021)
Echo Chamber (10.29.2021)
Burning Within (2.19.2022)
Digital Religion (6.12.2022)
YouTube: Music Video Albums
The Broken Mirror Video Album Trailer (12.20.2015)
The Maid And The Blacksmith Full Album (10.31.2020)
Website: www.petalsandthorns.net
Store: www.petalsandthorns.net/store
Members
Mia: Vocals
Johnny: Music, Live Guitar
Contact
Mia & Johnny
Petals And Thorns
Email: [email protected]
The Broken Mirror (2014)
The Maid And The Blacksmith (2020)
YouTube: Music Videos "The Broken Mirror"
Method To The Madness (11.8.2014)
Immoral Disclosure (1.23.2015)
Secret Dissonance (3.2.2015)
Endless Abandon (4.2.2015)
This Wilting Rose (6.1.2015)
Smiling In The Broken Mirror (10.9.2015)
Lift The Veil (10.31.2015)
Habitual Ritual (12.18.2015)
YouTube: Music Videos "The Maid And The Blacksmith"
Lost In A Dream (5.28.2021)
Echo Chamber (10.29.2021)
Burning Within (2.19.2022)
Digital Religion (6.12.2022)
YouTube: Music Video Albums
The Broken Mirror Video Album Trailer (12.20.2015)
The Maid And The Blacksmith Full Album (10.31.2020)
Website: www.petalsandthorns.net
Store: www.petalsandthorns.net/store
Members
Mia: Vocals
Johnny: Music, Live Guitar
Contact
Mia & Johnny
Petals And Thorns
Email: [email protected]
