Mimicking Birds is a rock

Rock music

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 group trio from Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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 centered around Nate Lacy (vocals, guitar), with Aaron Hanson (drums).

History

Mimicking Birds was originally a vehicle for Nate Lacy's home recordings, but expanded to a trio after he signed to Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

 member Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Recordings label in 2008. The group toured with Modest Mouse in 2009.

The eponymous debut album was largely recorded at Brock's home in Portland and released in 2010, to a positive critical reaction. Pitchfork Media

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 gave the album a 7.4/10 rating, describing Lacy as "extremely gifted with cyclical melodies: thorny, fingerpicked spines around which he can snake a range of sounds simply for ambience". PopMatters

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 gave the album 7/10, calling the album "fragile, melancholy and complexly surreal". The A.V. Club

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 gave the album a B+ rating. The Seattle Weekly

Seattle Weekly

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viewed that the album "strikes a balance between dynamic, sprightly melodies and hushed, languid folk lullabies". The Portland Mercury described it as "ethereal, pensive, and austere—a calm, chilly night spent gazing at a clear, starry sky".

In 2009 Mimicking Birds performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and made an appearance at Lollapalooza in 2010. The band has toured with artists such as Deertick, The Low Anthem, Blind Pilot, Cloud Cult, Jenny Lewis, Langhorne Slim, Jesse Sykes and Jakob Dylan

Jakob Dylan

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and shared stages with artists including but not limited to Fleet Foxes, Menomena, Helio Sequence, Blitzen Trapper, The Tallest Man on Earth, Okkervil River, and Conor Oberst. The band is currently writing material for their second album expected to be released in 2012.

Discography

• Mimicking Birds (2009), Glacial Pace Recordings

1. "Home And Somewhere Else"
2. "The Loop"
3. "Burning Stars"
4. "New Doomsdays"
5. "Subsonic Words"
6. "Pixels"
7. "Remnants and Pictures"
8. "Them"
9. "Cabin Fever"
10. "10 Percent"
11. "Under and in Rocks"

External links

• Mimicking Birds at the Glacial Pace website