All Tiny Creatures | |
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Origin | Wisconsin, United States |
Genres | Indie rock, Experimental pop, Minimalism |
Years active | 2008-Present |
Labels | Hometapes |
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Website |
alltinycreatures |
All Tiny Creatures is an experimental pop band based in Middleton and Madison Wisconsin. They were formed in 2008 by multi-instrumentalist and Volcano Choir member Thomas Wincek. [1] Started as an instrumental project influenced by Krautrock, electronic music and classical minimalism, they later started incorporating vocals and more traditional pop song structures into their work. [2]
The band has released two full length albums (Harbors and Dark Clock), an EP (Segni) and two cassette tapes (An Iris Mixtape and Glass Bubbles Mixtape). [3]
In 2011 the band released an album, Harbors, [4] [5] which featured vocals by Justin Vernon, Helado Negro, Megafaun and Ryan Olcott of the band 12 Rods. [6] [7] The artwork for Harbors was done by designer Aaron Draplin. [8] The music website Pitchfork.com gave Harbors a 7.8 rating. [9]
All Tiny Creatures' second album, Dark Clock was released in 2013. [10] In 2014 the band toured in support of the album with the band Lost in the Trees, including performances in Philadelphia and Montreal. [11]
Although Thomas Wincek became a member of the band Field Report in 2014, [12] and member Andrew Fitzpatrick became a member of Bon Iver in 2016, [13] All Tiny Creatures continued performing, including a tour in 2017 with Barry Clark and No Death. [14]