CANDELA

Candela is the stunning new full-length from Mice Parade, a bright and vivid LP that?omnivorously references source material from across the globe and rebuilds it all into the?distinctive, inimitable voice that Mice Parade has come to represent. Generally regarded?as the solo project of New?York's Adam Pierce -?though Pierce often?engages carefully-selected?guest musicians for each?release - Mice Parade is?now in its second decade:?c o n t i n u o u s l y?shape-shifting, its?personnel expanding and?shrinking, and its?influences and marker?points becoming?increasingly varied and?widespread. Candela is?the seventh album to bear?the Mice Parade name,?and marks an exciting new?stop-off in the band's?already musically greedy?history.?Though Candela is named after a late-night bar in Madrid (known as a flamenco guitar?players Mecca) with a colorful history, it will come as no surprise to followers of the band?that Adam Pierce is a formally schooled ethnomusicologist. Previous Mice Parade?palettes have conscientiously borrowed elements of sound from West African Highlife,?Brazilian Jazz, Eastern chord patterns and scales, Latin percussive timbres and rhythms,?among countless other unexpected sources. It is all indelibly bound together as the?band's personality and magnetism: each new release runs like a personal, geographical?study of Pierce's voluminous knowledge of music from across the world.?Recorded at Pierce's converted house studio in upstate New York (described by Pierce?as a cozy place on the edge of a forest which over the last two years has also served?Animal Collective, Frightened Rabbit, Tom Brosseau, Ensemble and others in various?capacities), Candela represents at once Mice Parade's most adventurous release and its?closest to pure pop music. From the dense, rhythmically-intense 'Currents' (featuring?Temporary Residence's Caroline Lufkin), and its funk brio to 'Pretending's' devastatingly?pretty drum kit / electric guitar interplay (Pierce is a hugely accomplished percussionist,?flamenco guitar player and general multi-instrumentalist), there are heady moments of?pop brilliance amongst abstract, restrained eloquence. A rare record that reveals more?with each listen, the ear is piqued by contrasting elements on every run through the length??Praise for Mice Parade?Mice Parade is an original, hovering over multiple traditions without?disturbing any of them. - Junkmedia?Almost too consistently gorgeous - Pitchfork?Pierce sinks his heart into his music, and while that may not manifest in?impassioned yelping or big rock riffs, the exquisiteness of his playing and?songcraft make it apparent. Tiny Mix Tapes??TRACKLISTING?1. Listen Hear Glide Dear?2. Currents?3. This River Has A Tide?4. Pretending?5. The Chill House?6. Candela?7. Look See Dream Me?8. Gente Interesante?9. Contessa?10. Warm Hand in Narnia