Mice Parade

Adam Pierce started Mice Parade as a solo project while he also played in groups including The Philistines Jr., Boston indie band Swirlies, and post-rock group HiM.{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Jennifer |title=No Flamenco: An Interview with Mice Parade's Adam Pierce |url=https://www.popmatters.com/170004-no-flamenco-an-interview-with-mice-parades-adam-pierce-2495766643.html |website=Popmatters |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=2022-04-21}} Mice Parade's albums were initially released on Pierce's own Bubble Core Records, with subsequent records being released on FatCat.{{cite web |title=Mice Parade Discography |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mice-parade-mn0000450079/discography |access-date=2022-04-21}}

Earlier albums such as The True Meaning of Boodleybaye and Ramda were instrumental based, blending Pierce's complex percussion with electronica.{{cite web |last1=Kingsley |first1=Marshall |title=Ramda Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ramda-mw0000052579 |website=AllMusic |access-date=2022-04-21}} For 2001's Mokoondi Pierce formed a loose recording and touring band, adding harmonic influences from Africa and the Far East. Vocals were added to 2004's Obrigado Saudade and subsequent albums have featured guest vocalists such as Somi,{{cite web |last1=Raggett |first1=Ned |title=What It Means to Be Left-Handed Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/what-it-means-to-be-left-handed-mw0002024347 |website=AllMusic |access-date=2022-04-21}} Lætitia Sadier,{{cite web |last1=Hogan |first1=Marc |title=Mice Parade Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10115-mice-parade/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=2022-04-21}} and Caroline Lufkin{{cite web |last1=Phares |first1=Heather |title=Candela Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/candela-mw0002422785 |website=AllMusic |access-date=2022-04-21}} alongside Pierce.

From 2007's self-titled Mice Parade album the songs took on a more accessible form, while continuing to combine eclectic influences with intricate percussion and complex arrangements.{{cite web |title=What It Means to Be Left-Handed Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14779-what-it-means-to-be-left-handed/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=2022-04-21}} By 2013's Candela the touring group had slimmed down to a smaller group of collaborators.

In July 2022, the band released lapapọ, their first new album in nine years.{{cite web |last1=Phares |first1=Heather |title=Lapapo Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lapapo-mw0003714799 |website=AllMusic |access-date=11 October 2022}}

• The True Meaning of Boodleybaye (1998)
• Ramda (1999)
• Mokoondi (2001)
• All Roads Lead to Salzburg (2002)
• Obrigado Saudade (2004)
• Bem-Vinda Vontade (2005)
• Mice Parade (2007)
• What It Means to Be Left-Handed (2010)
• Live: England vs. France (2012)
• Candela (2013)
• Lapapọ (2022)

The band's song "Headphonland: The Gangster Chapter" was featured in "Betty and Veronica", an episode of the American television series Veronica Mars.{{cite web|url=http://veronicamusic.blogspot.com/2005/03/episode-1-16-betty-and-veronica.html|title=The Music Of Veronica Mars: Episode 1-16: "Betty and Veronica"|work=Mars Investigations: The (In)Complete Guide to Veronica Mars|access-date=January 17, 2015}}

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