Mice Parade

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The experimental post-rock of New York's Mice Parade, aka Adam Pierce, blends live instrumentation, layers of overdubs, and intricate percussion into a distinctive, playful sound. Mice Parade's 1998 debut single, My Funny Friend Scott, introduced Pierce's genre-bending style, which he expanded on with that year's full-length debut, The True Meaning of Boodleybaye. On 1999's Ramda, Pierce upped the ante once more by recording the tracks and mixing the album in one take, lending it an improvised feel. The year 2000 saw the release of Collaborations, which featured contributors like Curtis Harvey, Jim O'Rourke, Doug Scharin, Aki Tsuyoko, and Nobukazu Takemura.

Pierce formed a loose recording and touring band around Mice Parade in 2001, the year of Mokoondi, and also added harmonic influences from Africa and India. Vocals were the next frontier, introduced on 2004's Obrigado Saudade and expanded upon with 2005's Bem-Vinda Vontade, 2007's self-titled Mice Parade, and 2010's What It Means to Be Left-Handed. 2013's Candela, named for a bar in Madrid, presented Pierce's eclectic, often globe-trotting influences in some of his most accessible songs yet. ~ Heather Phares & John Bush, Rovi

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  • Mice Parade
    News in Brief: The Call, Träd, Gräs och Stenar, Mice Parade, High Zero Festival
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    -- Michael Been, frontman of the 80s-vintage California band the Call, died yesterday in Belgium of a heart attack. He was 60. Been was the voice behi...
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    Mice Parade: Candela
    American Songwriter
    Mice Parade Candela (FatCat) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Mice Parade began as the D.I.Y. project of New York songwriter Adam Pierce, his bedroom composit...
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Tour Dates

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  • May 25 Saturday
    Honolulu, HI, US The Republik
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  • May 28 Tuesday
    San Diego, CA, US The Casbah
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  • May 29 Wednesday
    Los Angeles, CA, US The Echo
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  • May 30 Thursday
    Santa Cruz, CA, US The Crepe Place
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  • May 31 Friday
    San Francisco, CA, US Brick & Mortar Music Hall
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  • Jun 2 Sunday
    Portland, OR, US Holocene
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Discography

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  • Live: England vs. France (2012)
    Mice Parade
    Live: England vs. France (2012)
    Fat Cat Records
  • What It Means to Be Left-Handed (2010)
    Mice Parade
    What It Means to Be Left-Handed (2010)
    Fat Cat Records
  • Mice Parade (2007)
    Mice Parade
    Mice Parade (2007)
    Fat Cat Records
  • Bem-Vinda Vontade (2005)
    Mice Parade
    Bem-Vinda Vontade (2005)
    Fat Cat Records
  • Obrigado Saudade (2004)
    Mice Parade
    Obrigado Saudade (2004)
    Bubble Core
  • Mokoondi (2001)
    Mice Parade
    Mokoondi (2001)
    Bubble Core
  • Ramda (1999)
    Mice Parade
    Ramda (1999)
    Bubble Core
  • The True Meaning of Boodleybaye (1998)
    Mice Parade
    The True Meaning of Boodleybaye (1998)
    Bubble Core
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