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