All profits from this release will be split between the artist and Project SAFE. Established in Philadelphia in 2004, Project SAFE’s mission is to promote human rights-based public health and harm reduction among women, GNC, and trans people working in the sex and drug trades on the street in Philadelphia. SAFE is an organization dedicated to ensuring the health, safety and survival of women & LGBT people on the street by providing advocacy, education and support using a harm reduction model. SAFE seeks to reduce the spread of HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among our community, and promote health and safety by empowering the community with relevant information and resources. (
projectsafephilly.com)
Pauli Mia and Ryan Ficano are Twin Princess, a Philadelphia duo trading in doom country, a genre that marries road-tested storytelling with the humming glitz of synth-pop. Fraise, the group’s debut, gets its literary bent from the bruised neon of New Brunswick, the songbook of Bruce Springsteen, and the droning malaise of a world that seems exceptionally distant and sepia-toned: crowded New Year’s Eve parties, well-attended homes with dark foyers, dive bars with memories as patrons.
As a memory play, it’s pulsing with a halo of longing that could only come from its Valentine’s Day 2020 street date. As a statement of intent, it’s begging for your attention. Where else can woozy alt-country bump elbows with simmering pop shapes? The mingling couldn’t be sweeter.
"Fraise: Side B" offers contemplative, stripped versions of the entire EP, as well as a new song, the lilting and wavering "Bathtub Flood."
released October 26, 2020
All songs written and recorded by Pauli Mia and Ryan Ficano
Mixed and mastered by Ryan Ficano in Philadelphia, PA
Album art by Pauli Mia