Mia Matsumiya
Mia Matsumiya is an American violinist who is a former member of Kayo Dot, Gregor Samsa, and Tartar Lamb. She has also performed on albums with Daughters and Ghastly City Sleep. In 2015, her Instagram account chronicling the sexual and other harassment that had been directed toward her on social media during the past ten years received international attention.
Biography and early work
Originally from Needham, Massachusetts, Matsumiya attended the Commonwealth School in Boston for high school. After high school, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she left to pursue music. Standing at, Matsumiya would often hide in band lockers in middle school and in newspaper racks in later years.Bands
Matsumiya made her debut on Kayo Dot's 2003 album Choirs of the Eye, as well as their discography for the next ten years. She later appeared on Gregor Samsa's album Rest, and an album with Tartar Lamb. In 2009, she also appeared on Maudlin of the Well's Part the Second.Discography
With Maudlin of the Well
- ''Part the Second''
With Kayo Dot
Choirs of the Eye Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue Don't Touch Dead Animals Blue Lambency Downward Champions of Sound 2008 Toying with the Insanities Vol. 1 Coyote Stained Glass EP Gamma Knife- ''Hubardo''
With Gregor Samsa
Rest- ''Over Air''
With Tartar Lamb
60 Metonymies- ''Polyimage of Known Exits''
Filmography
- Super The Lazarus Project
- ''Santiago''