{"id":8109,"date":"2010-10-07T02:25:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T02:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2010-10-12T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T16:30:46","slug":"loose-present-mice-parade-silje-nes-h-hawkline-jon-fazal-10-feet-tall-cardiff-11-10-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/preview\/loose-present-mice-parade-silje-nes-h-hawkline-jon-fazal-10-feet-tall-cardiff-11-10-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose present Mice Parade \/ Silje Nes \/ H. Hawkline \/ Jon Fazal : 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff : 11.10.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some names can be deceptive, and some may serve to dissuade you from giving a band a fair shake.\u00a0 The uninitiated might be forgiven for flicking past Mice Parade<\/strong> in the CD racks or listings pages, fearing wearisome twee affectations, but hold up; it’s only an anagram.\u00a0 Adam Pierce, letters unscrambled, is and has been Mice Parade across eight albums and many collaborations since 1999, and his warm, textured and experimental hybrid of post-rock, electronic patterns and chamber-pop songwriting rewards a little patient attention.<\/p>\n

As with Caribou\/Manitoba, Pierce has embellished Mice Parade’s sound gradually from earlier all-instrumental albums, to a point where 2007’s Mice Parade <\/em>and the new What It Means To Be Left-Handed<\/em> are characterised as much by his hushed vocals and poppier melodies as the familiar layered, rhythmic acoustic strums, propulsive drumming and vibes which now back them.\u00a0 The elements of\u00a0 Chinese and African instrumentation Pierce has featured going back to 2001’s Mokoondi<\/em> remain too, along with his thirst for collaboration with the likes of Jim O’Rourke, M\u00fam and Laetitia Sadier, and the new album’s an intriguing listen for this reason.\u00a0 Live, Mice Parade promise an all-out double-drummer take on Pierce’s intricate, mixed-live studio project, and it should be cracking.\u00a0 Think Tortoise, Eno, Can, Jim O’Rourke, Caribou etc.<\/p>\n

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FatCat labelmate Silje Nes<\/strong> shares the bill with Mice Parade on this tour.\u00a0 With a voice not far removed from past Mice Parade collaborator Kristin out of M\u00fam, it’s easy to imagine the Norwegian’s spooky, music-box pop working wonders alongside them.\u00a0 All laptop flurries, looped acoustica and spindly, cooed vocals, she comes across like an unmistakably Scandinavian take on Juana Molina’s densely involving sound.<\/p>\n

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Huw Evans’ H. Hawkline<\/strong> alter ego has seemingly undergone a few stylistic changes of late; early gigs saw him methodically finger-picking solo acoustic gems, later joined by a handful of local notables to create an excellent, folk-goes-krautrock noise.\u00a0 Last time I saw him, playing with Wickes a few weeks back, he was playfully bashing out fully-formed, if haphazard psych\/kraut-flavoured pop songs worthy of Martin Carr.\u00a0 Whatever you get here, it’ll be dead good.\u00a0 Have a listen to ‘Gelly’ here: http:\/\/www.trackinthebox.co.uk\/h-hawkline-gelly<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, Cardiff-based folk songwriter Jon Fazal<\/strong> opens this one up early doors, and the suave and erudite DJs are none other than your Joy Collective pals.\u00a0 Say hi, buy us drinks, compliment our shirts.\u00a0 Go on.<\/p>\n

10 Feet Tall & Loose present:<\/strong><\/p>\n

MICE PARADE
\nSILJE NES
\nH. HAWKLINE
\nJON FAZAL
\n& Joy Collective DJs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday 11th October 8pm
\n*early start*
\n10 Feet Tall, Cardiff
\nAges: 18+
\n\u00a35 entry<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.10feettallcardiff.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally the solo project of Adam Pierce (Swirlies\/ Mum), MICE PARADE have now expanded into a whopping 10 piece band!<\/p>\n

Showing a boldly inventive take on post-rock\/electronica, their last album was described as merging folk-tinged electronic with ‘Loveless’ era MY BLOODY VALENTINE.<\/p>\n

Throw in the rhythmic subtlety of CAN and the melodic experiments of BRIAN ENO but with a modern twist.<\/p>\n

Mice Parade will have released their new frolicking, giddy-paced album ‘What It Means To Be Left-Handed’ by the time they play this show!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/miceparadeband<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.myspace.com\/siljenes<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.myspace.com\/hhawkline<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.myspace.com\/jonfazal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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