All Tiny Creatures

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All Tiny Creatures
Origin Wisconsin, United States
Genres Indie rock, Experimental pop, Minimalism
Years active2008-Present
Labels Hometapes
Members
  • Thomas Wincek
  • Andrew Fitzpatrick
  • Matthew Skemp
  • Ben Derickson
Website alltinycreatures.com

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]

History

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]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Album review: All Tiny Creatures" Washington Post, May 26, 2007. by Catherine P. Lewis. (paywall)
  3. ↑ "All Tiny Creatures Artist Biography". by Chris True. Allmusic, accessed April 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Harbors Review - by Ned Raggett", AllMusic, accessed April 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "All Tiny Creatures: Harbors". Pop Matters, By Matthew Fiander, 31 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "A Tiny Chat with All Tiny Creatures". The Big Takeover, 20 March 2011, by Joseph Kyle.
  7. ↑ "All Tiny Creatures Harbors". Tiny Mixtapes, review by J. Arthur Bloom.
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  9. ↑ "Harbors". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  10. ↑ "Dark Clock Review". AllMusic, by James Christopher Monger
  11. ↑ "Review: All Tiny Creatures and Lost in the Trees Give Energetic Show". Montreal Rampage, . February 28, 2014. by Alisa Donkers.
  12. ↑ "Field Report perform in The Current studio". www.thecurrent.org. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  13. ↑ "Andrew Fitzpatrick in transition". Tone Madison. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  14. ↑ "All Tiny Creatures Bring an Evening of Sound and Motion". The Pointer, November 8, 2017
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