'Certain Ghosts' live video

'Certain Ghosts' live at the Burst & Bloom Festival, 15 May 2010, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME.
Shot by Gregg Porter.

Review from Performer Magazine

Northeast Performer May 2010

“Chant-like poetry with unexpected twists”
Tiny Fires Tiny Fires
Portland // Biddeford // Portsmouth, ME
Engineered by Jeremy Robinson & Guy Capecelatro III // Mastered by Chris Decato // Recorded in Rockport, MA

Tiny Fires has produced a haunting, self-titled debut album filled with dreamy melodies and
wistful lyrics. Bandmates Dylan Metrano and Guy Capecelatro III have clearly used years of knowledge
and strong musicality to help create an inventive and infectious collection of songs. The seven tracks
seductively woo the listener in, resulting in an addictive yet calming experience. While many of the songs
feature notably strong and aesthetically pleasing harmonies, there is an archaic feel to the production
as a whole, as they evoke emotion through voice and instrument alike.
As glistening guitars and melodic drumming are strong elements throughout the album, listeners are either eerily entranced or comfortably lulled by the songs. Surprise elements to tracks such as “Sinner
Man,” and “Dreaming Through Days” incorporate spoken prose and carnival-like melodies. “Dreaming
Through Days” is an almost ideal, innocent contrast to the reflective and poetic “Beacon” – a piano-filled,
chant-like manifestation of times passed.
A particularly noteworthy track is “Wild at Heart,” a shimmering, guitar-based ballad of a girl
named Jane. With a chorus that rhythmically croons, “She’s a blackheart, she’s a heartbreaker, she’s wild
at heart / To know, know, know / To love, love, love / That was her art,” the song tells a mantra-like story
of death and lost youth. Like the rest of the tracks on their record, “Wild at Heart” gives listeners yet
another original taste of Tiny Fires’ truly skilled and innovative sound. (Burst and Bloom Records)

Michelle McNickle www.myspace.com/tinyfires

See Tiny Fires live in Kittery, May 15th

Tiny Fires will be playing their first show since November 2009 at the Burst & Bloom Festival on May 15th, 2010 at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, ME. This is their only live appearance for a while. Lots of other great performers at the Festival, too, so be sure to check it out.

A nice review from the Noise

TINY FIRES
Burst & Bloom
Tiny Fires 7-song CD

Magical, elegant, dreamy… Tiny Fires’ self-titled CD is a beautiful collection of sound and music. I specifically use the word “sound” because they incorporate the joy of sound into their music. For example, they include “stomping” or tap dancing as part of what makes up their music but add that to gorgeous, lilting vocal harmonies and such wonderful instruments as calliope keyboards, toy piano, kalimba, glockenspiel, and castanets, along with guitar, bass, piano. This is an example of being creative with the artistry of music. Some highlights include the beatniky, dare I say slightly Lou Reed-ish (but much prettier) “Wild at Heart,” the truly lovely “Beacon,” “Magpies” a lingering and captivating song, and the slightly garagey, organic number that is “(Stronger Than) Wedding Rings”—which, wow, I feel I haven’t adequately given this song the description it surely deserves. All are really delights to the ear and the soul. I’d also like to add that I love the CD artwork. It captures the essence of this unique collection. (Debbie Catalano) 

Tiny Fires on Band in Boston

During our brief autumn tour, we recorded a session for Band in Boston. At their site, you can download or stream the session which features all the songs from our album played live in a living room. it sounds nice.

http://www.bandinbostonpodcast.com/tinyfires/

Video from Providence

Five videos from our November 8th, 2009 show in Providence, RI

Shot by Dan Sullivan.

1. Certain Ghosts

2. Wild At Heart

3. Magpies

4. Sinner Man

5. Dreaming Through Days

CD Review

‘Tiny Fires’ by Tiny Fires

Matt Kanner (The Wire / Nov. 4, 2009)

Tiny Fires is an amalgamation of some of the area’s most tried and true indie artists, and this self-titled disc demonstrates a wealth of experience and musical imagination. The group’s sedate and ethereal slow-core style is nothing short of entrancing.

The band is led by Dylan Metrano, of Tiger Saw fame, on guitar and vocals, with local songwriting guru Guy Capecelatro on bass, guitar, and other instruments. It’s rounded out by Jeremy Robinson on keyboard, bass, piano and vocals, and Jerusha Robinson on drums, castanets, piano, vocals and more. The Robinsons also comprise South China and are past members of Brown Bird.

The seven songs on this disc are dreamy, with a vocal and instrumental lushness that mesmerizes. Beneath the slow heave of each track brews an intoxicating broth of echoing noise, sometimes haunting, sometimes warm and comforting.

The opening track, “Certain Ghosts” is especially slow in tempo, but evokes a cozy sort of buzz on the listener. “I still remember that December / tiny fires that burn together / a makeshift choir with voices high / sang like cats, we were on fire,” the band sings in harmony.

The next track, “Sinner Man”, adopts a slick, loungy sound with softly spoken lead vocals and spine-tingling background harmonies. Next comes “Wild At Heart”, which has an intriguing garage sound, like an outtake from a Pavement album. By this time, the listener at home is sucked in.

Originally called Paper Birds, Tiny Fires formed late in 2008. Metrano and Capecelatro are two of the most prolific musicians in the region, and they’ve found equally savvy band mates in the Robinsons. With their expert ears and creative minds, they make the Tiny Fires’ flame burn bright.