Mina Moore - When The Spirit Says Sing B/w Heavy Load

Minneapolis singer Mina Moore returns with Heavy Load b/w When The Spirit Says Sing, a limited 7" (300 copies) and her first solo release since 2018. After years on the road as a backing vocalist, she returned home and linked up with producer Cy Pierpont and guitarist Blair Krivanek, familiar from her past collaborations with Sonny Knight & The Lakers. These sides land in a warmer, more stripped-down space than her earlier neo-soul leanings. "Heavy Load" rides a laid-back groove-set by an acoustic guitar pulse, with strings, Hammond, and a rhythm section that stays locked in, drawing on the feel of early '70s soul. Somehow both loose and steady-completely unforced and easy enough to carry through the summer. On the flip, "When The Spirit Says Sing" is deeply intimate-one voice, a tremolo-soaked guitar, and a room that surrounds the listener. An old spiritual, the song carries a familiar paradox: dark and heavy, yet somehow uplifting, even cathartic.