Mice Parade is an American
shoegaze band from New York City, led by percussionist Adam Pierce. ''Mice Parade'' is an anagram of Pierce's name.
Biography
Adam Pierce started Mice Parade as a solo project while he also played in groups including
The Philistines Jr., Boston indie band
Swirlies, and post-rock group
HiM.
Mice Parade's albums were initially released on Pierce's own Bubble Core Records, with subsequent records being released on
FatCat.
Earlier albums such as ''The True Meaning of Boodleybaye'' and ''Ramda'' were instrumental based, blending Pierce's complex percussion with electronica. For 2001's ''Mokoondi'' Pierce formed a loose recording and touring band, adding harmonic influences from Africa and the Far East. Vocals were added to 2004's ''Obrigado Saudade'' and subsequent albums have featured guest vocalists such as
Somi,
Lætitia Sadier
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, and
Caroline Lufkin
Caroline Lufkin (born January 9, 1981) is a Japanese-American musician and the younger sister of the Japanese pop singer Olivia Lufkin. Caroline's music been released by Temporary Residence Ltd. Caroline is also a full-time member of Mice Parade ( ...
alongside Pierce.
From 2007's self-titled ''Mice Parade'' album the songs took on a more accessible form, while continuing to combine eclectic influences with intricate percussion and complex arrangements. By 2013's ''Candela'' the touring group had slimmed down to a smaller group of collaborators.
In July 2022, the band released ''lapapọ'', their first new album in nine years.
Discography
* ''The True Meaning of Boodleybaye'' (1998)
* ''Ramda'' (1999)
* ''Mokoondi'' (2001)
* ''All Roads Lead to Salzburg'' (2002)
* ''
Obrigado Saudade'' (2004)
* ''
Bem-Vinda Vontade
''Bem-Vinda Vontade'' (Portuguese for "welcome, desire") is the sixth studio album by Mice Parade. It was released on April 19, 2005, by Bubblecore Records and FatCat Records. It contains vocals by Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir of Múm and Ikuk ...
'' (2005)
* ''
Mice Parade'' (2007)
* ''What It Means to Be Left-Handed'' (2010)
* ''Live: England vs. France'' (2012)
* ''Candela'' (2013)
* ''Lapapọ'' (2022)
In other media
The band's song "Headphonland: The Gangster Chapter" was featured in "
Betty and Veronica
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", an episode of the American television series ''
Veronica Mars
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''.
References
External links
Official websiteBandcamp page
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Electronic music groups from New York (state)
American post-rock groups
FatCat Records artists
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