Mini Trees
{{Short description|American indie rock musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lexi Vega
| image = File:Mini Trees - 52140641056.jpg
| caption = Vega performing in 2022
| landscape = yes
| genre = Indie rock
| years_active = 2018–present
}}
Lexi Vega,{{cite web|url=https://runforcoverrecords.com/collections/mini-trees |title=Mini Trees |website=Run for Cover Records |publisher=An American independent record label based in Boston, Massachusetts. |access-date=April 29, 2024}} better known by her stage name Mini Trees, is an American indie rock musician based in Los Angeles. She has toured with Julien Baker{{cite web |last1=Qbertplaya |first1=Ellen |title=Julien Baker played Beacon Theatre with Thao & Mini Trees |date=15 September 2021 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/julien-baker-played-beacon-theatre-with-thao-mini-trees-pics-video-setlist/ |publisher=BrooklynVegan |access-date=1 October 2021}} as well as Death Cab for Cutie,{{Cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |title=Death Cab for Cutie announce 2022 tour dates, playing Forest Hills Stadium w/ Low (BV presale) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/death-cab-for-cutie-announce-2022-tour-dates-playing-forest-hills-stadium-w-low-bv-presale/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}} Tasha, Briston Maroney, Hovvdy, and Deep Sea Diver.{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Scott |title=Mini Trees Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour with Hovvdy |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/mini-trees/mini-trees-spring-2022-north-american-tour/ |publisher=Paste |access-date=1 October 2021}}
Career
Vega began making music as a career in 2018. Vega independently released her debut EP as Mini Trees in 2019 titled Steady Me. Vega independently released her second EP, Slip Away, in June 2020.{{cite web |last1=Mosk |first1=Mitch |title=Track-by-Track: Mini Trees Dives into Her Intimate, Sun-Kissed Sophomore EP 'Slip Away' |date=30 June 2020 |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/mtsw-mini-trees-slip-away-ep-review/ |publisher=Atwood Magazine |access-date=1 October 2021}} In April 2021, Vega signed with Boston based record label Run for Cover Records{{cite web |last1=Leiber |first1=Sarah |title=Mini Trees Signs to Run for Cover Records |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Mini-Trees-Signs-to-Run-for-Cover-Records-20210421 |publisher=BroadwayWorld |access-date=1 October 2021}} Two months later, Vega announced her debut full-length album, Always In Motion, due out on Run for Cover.{{cite web |last1=Hakiman |first1=Rob |title=Mini Trees strives to hold it together on the propulsive "Carrying On", announces debut album |date=28 July 2021 |url=https://beatsperminute.com/mini-trees-strives-to-hold-it-together-on-the-propulsive-carrying-on-announces-debut-album/ |publisher=Beats Per Minute |access-date=1 October 2021}} The album was released on September 17, 2021.{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Mini Trees Breaks Down Debut Album Always in Motion Track by Track: Exclusive |date=17 September 2021 |url=https://consequence.net/2021/09/mini-trees-always-in-motion-track-by-track-stream/ |publisher=Consequence of Sound |access-date=1 October 2021}}
Personal life
Vega was born in Southern California{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Scott |title=Mini Trees Details Debut Album Always In Motion, Shares "Carrying On" |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/mini-trees/mini-trees-debut-album-always-in-motion/ |publisher=Paste |access-date=1 October 2021}} to a second generation Japanese-American mother and an immigrant father from Cuba. She was raised in the town of La Cañada and currently lives in Torrance. Vega's father passed away when she was five years old.{{cite web |last1=Lello |first1=Michael |title=Lexi Vaga continues to find herself as Mini Trees |date=23 December 2021 |url=http://highway81revisited.com/mini-trees-interview/ |publisher=Highway 81 Revisited |access-date=23 December 2021}}
Both of Vega's parents had worked in the music industry; her mother was a vocalist in Japanese pop jazz fusion group Hiroshima and her father worked as a professional drummer.{{cite web |last1=Jaranilla |first1=Karolyn |title=Being okay with not knowing: A conversation with Lexi Vega of Mini Trees |url=https://fromtheintercom.com/mini-trees-interview/ |publisher=From The Intercom |access-date=25 August 2021}}
Discography
Studio albums
- Always In Motion (2021, Run For Cover)
EPs
- Steady Me (2019)
- Slip Away (2020)
- Burn Out (2023)