Miesha and The Spanks

Think Peaches meets The Beaches. Calgary two-piece Miesha & The Spanks, comprised of Miesha Louie and Sean Hamilton, winners of the 2024 WCMA for Breakout Artist of the year, are back with a new EP, Visions, on a new label, SUPERCONNECTED (formerly Red Music Rising). Produced by Juno Award winner Hill Kourkoutis (Aysanabee, Royal Wood, SATE), the follow-up to 2023’s Unconditional Love In Hi-Fi is filled with raw and catchy destined anthems that cover themes of self-esteem, gender norms, Indigeneity and stoicism. “I never really know until I'm done writing, but the whole concept behind the EP became where you envision your life going and where it’s ended up,” says Miesha. “I've got a family now, but I'm still doing the thing that I dreamed I would be doing. That's not exactly how I thought it would be; you dream bigger than reality — or reality yet — and come face to face with where you’ve landed.” Four singles — the metaphorical “Cut My Bangs” (out in January), forgiving “Fight My Body” (April), stoic “Smiling” (June) and hopeful “Good Boys” (Sept.) — will be released throughout the first half of 2026, as Miesha, a married mom of six-year-olds twin boys, takes care of her newborn girl. Meanwhile, Sean has plenty to keep him busy, singing with his wife in country duo Sean Hamilton and the Amber Hour, as well as drumming for Julius Sumner Miller, and Beta Boys. “Visions is kind of a refresh,” says Miesha who formed the namesake project in 2008 and cemented the duo with Sean in 2015. “It's 10 years of me and Sean playing together. This is where I envisioned the band going, what I imagined it would be like, the kind of music we're playing, the kind of stuff that we're able to put out. Our energy, our live show, it was always working towards this.”