Lost in the Trees

Lost in the Trees formed in 2007 when lead singer/guitarist Ari Picker, a native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, assembled a group of musicians to record the EP Time Taunts Me on Trekky Records.{{cite magazine|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|title=Lost in the Trees|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lost-in-the-trees-p865255/biography|magazine=Billboard|publisher=All Music Guide|accessdate=2017-09-01}} Picker had previously been a member of The B-Sides. After studying at Berklee College of Music, he decided to attempt a more orchestral effort. Following the release of Time Taunts Me, Picker moved back to North Carolina and assembled a band drawn from the University of North Carolina's orchestral program and the pool of players connected with Trekky Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lost-in-the-trees-mn0000621786 |title=Lost in the Trees |publisher=All Music Guide |date=2013-04-11}}

The lineup consisted of Picker (writer/vocals), Emma Nadeau (french horn/vocals), Drew Anagnost (cello), Jenavieve Varga (violin), and Mark Daumen (tuba).Daniel Coston (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=gmIsAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jenavieve+Varga%22&pg=PA130 North Carolina Musicians; Photographs and Conversations] In 2010, Paste Magazine listed the band among "The 20 Best New Bands of 2010."

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All Alone in an Empty House was originally released on Trekky Records in 2008.{{cite web|title=Lost in the Trees|url=http://www.trekkyrecords.com/lostinthetrees.html|work=Discography|publisher=Trekky Records|accessdate=2012-04-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618091504/http://trekkyrecords.com/lostinthetrees.html|archivedate=2012-06-18}} The band signed to ANTI-Records on March 1, 2010{{cite web|title=Lost in the Trees Signs With ANTI Records|url=http://www.anti.com/news/index/721/Lost_In_The_Trees_Signs_With_ANTI_Records|work=anti.com|publisher=Anti- Records|accessdate=2012-04-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212090145/http://anti.com/news/index/721/Lost_In_The_Trees_Signs_With_ANTI_Records|archivedate=2010-12-12}} and their new label re-released the album on August 10 that year.{{cite web|title=All Alone In An Empty House: Liner Notes|url=http://www.anti.com/catalog/view/159/All_Alone_In_An_Empty_House/?notes=true|work=Lost in the Trees albums|publisher=Anti- Records|accessdate=2012-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419114830/http://www.anti.com/catalog/view/159/All_Alone_In_An_Empty_House/?notes=true|archive-date=2012-04-19|url-status=dead}}

Reviewing the record, Bob Boilen of NPR said, "Take a pinch of the brilliance found in classical music and mix it with [Picker's] own. Lost in the Trees is orchestral folk where the "orchestral" part isn't an afterthought. This is mighty potent stuff."{{cite web|date=July 25, 2010|last=Boilen|first=Bob|title=First Listen: Lost In The Trees, 'All Alone In An Empty House'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128694131|work=NPR Music|publisher=NPR|accessdate=2012-04-10}} Keelan H. from Sputnik Music said, "Right from the swelling strings of six-minute opener “Empty House”, it’s clear that Lost in the Trees don’t take their “orchestral folk” label lightly."{{cite web|date=August 15, 2010 |last=H.|first=Keelan|title=Lost In The Trees All Alone In An Empty House|url=http://sputnikmusic.com/review/38550/Lost-In-The-Trees-All-Alone-In-An-Empty-House/|work=Music Reviews|publisher=Sputnik Music|accessdate=2012-04-10}}

Time Taunts Me was reissued by Trekky Records on February 4, 2011 with the addition of previously unreleased tracks.{{cite web|last=Golden|first=Grant|title=Album Review: "Time Taunts Me" by Lost in the Trees|url=http://thebottomstring.blogspot.com/2011/02/album-review-time-taunts-me-by-lost-in.html|work=The Bottom String|accessdate=2012-04-10|date=February 4, 2011}}

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On March 20, 2012, ANTI-Records released A Church That Fits Our Needs, Lost in the Trees' second record with the label.{{cite web |title=Lost In The Trees A Church That Fits Our Needs |url=http://anti.com/catalog/view/191/A_Church_That_Fits_Our_Needs |publisher=ANTI-Records |accessdate=2012-04-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505012426/http://www.anti.com/catalog/view/191/A_Church_That_Fits_Our_Needs |archivedate=2012-05-05 }} Picker based the album largely on his mother's suicide in 2008, stating that "I wanted to give my mother a space to become all the things I think she deserved to be and wanted to be, and all the beautiful things in her that didn't quite shine while she was alive."{{cite web |title=Lost In The Trees: A Golden Memorial Of Orchestral Folk |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/03/25/149226471/lost-in-the-trees-a-golden-memorial-of-orchestral-folk |publisher=NPR|date=March 25, 2012|accessdate=2012-04-10 }}

Rolling Stone said of the album, "Ari Picker tries to make sense of his mother's suicide against a backdrop of rich orchestration, piled generously atop a base of delicate acoustic folk like heaping spoonfuls of vanilla frosting."{{cite magazine |last=Keyes |first=J. Edward |title=A Church That Fits Our Needs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/a-church-that-fits-our-needs-20120409 |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2012-04-10 }} PopMatters said "A Church That Fits Our Needs bursts with the same melodic interplay that makes later Radiohead extraordinary."{{cite web |last=Majorins |first=Philip |title=Lost in the Trees: A Church That Fits Our Needs |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/156336-lost-in-the-trees-a-church-that-fits-our-needs |work=PopMatters |accessdate=2012-04-10 }}

A Church That Fits Our Needs peaked at number 9 on Billboard{{'}}s Heatseeker's Albums.{{cite magazine |title=Lost in the Trees|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/lost-in-the-trees/813864#/artist/lost-in-the-trees/813864 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=2012-04-10 }}

• 2007 - Time Taunts Me (EP)
• 2008 - All Alone in an Empty House (reissued 2010)
• 2012 - A Church That Fits Our Needs
• 2014 - Past Life (album)
• 2023 - I Was a Dreamer (single)

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