Tiny Fires

'Certain Ghosts' live video

2010-05-18T23:33:00.000-04:00

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

Review from Performer Magazine

2010-05-05T19:45:00.000-04:00

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

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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

2010-02-01T14:34:00.002-05:00

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

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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

2009-11-19T19:23:00.000-05:00

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

2009-11-11T14:34:00.001-05:00

‘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.

November tour

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Tiny Fires on tour in November.

Tue 3 Portland, ME - Liberation by Sound radio show on WMPG (3pm)

Wed 4 Biddeford, ME - Hogfarm Annex with Phantom Buffalo

Thu 5 Portland, ME - Apohadion w/ Plains, Hersey State

Fri 6 Boston, MA - WZBC radio (4pm)

Fri 6 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear’s with Herman Dune, Julie Doiron, Chris Garneau

Sat 7 Kittery, ME - Buoy with Kurt & Chris Weisman, PC Worship

Sun 8 Providence, RI - Firehouse 13 w/ Brown Bird, Wrong Reasons, Alec K. Redfearn

2009-07-19T11:37:00.004-04:00

Tiny Fires.

Out Now on burst & bloom.

Listen to the entire record at:

Myspace

Facebook

Muxtape

Paper Birds is now Tiny Fires

2009-04-11T11:57:00.005-04:00

To avoid confusion with several other similarly named bands, we changed the name of Paper Birds to Tiny Fires. Tell your friends.

Happy Spring!

2009-03-24T13:45:00.002-04:00

Here are a few pictures from the Unbunny / Paper Birds / Gregg Porter & Guy Capecelatro show at Ello Gallery last week. Thanks to everyone who came out. There was a lot of people there, and we all had a lot of fun.

Brown Bird is on tour now, and Tiger Saw goes on tour in April. We're going to finish up the Paper Birds album in the coming weeks, and find a home for it. We'll be taking the summer off from performances, but will play out again in the fall, hopefully when the album is released.

Any new updates will be posted here and on MySpace.
See you around!

Unbunny show next week! Brown Bird on tour!

2009-03-10T12:52:00.004-04:00

This poster by Michael Winters.
The Ello Gallery show will be from 8-10pm, so make sure you are there on time!

In other news, we have recorded our album, and it is now being mixed. So exciting!

In other other news, Brown Bird is touring this month with Chriss Sutherland. Check them out if they come near you:

Mar 20 2009

8:30P

SPACE GALLERY

Portland, Maine

Mar 21 2009

8:00P

Buoy Gallery

Kittery, Maine

Mar 22 2009

11:00A

106.1 on air performance for Southern, Maine/New Hampshire area

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Mar 22 2009

8:00P

The Manor

North Hampton, Massachusetts

Mar 23 2009

8:00P

Union Pool

Brooklyn, New York

Mar 24 2009

8:00P

Brickbat Books

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar 25 2009

8:00P

El Rancho Grande

Baltimore, Maryland

Mar 26 2009

6:30P

The Stillhouse Theatre

West Mt. Airy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar 27 2009

8:00P

The Starving Artist

Keene, New Hampshire

Mar 28 2009

8:00P

The Whitehaus

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Mar 29 2009

8:00P

Julians

Providence, Rhode Island

Mar 30 2009

8:00P

The Red Door

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Apr 2 2009

8:00P

TBA

Buffalo, New York

Apr 3 2009

8:00P

Tranzac

Toronto, Ontario

Apr 5 2009

8:00P

TBA

Burlington, Vermont

Recording in Progress

2009-03-04T09:16:00.001-05:00

We spent the last few days recording in Rockport. Everything sounds really great. We'll be mixing in the coming weeks, and hopefully will have something to share soon. Stay tuned!

new news

2009-02-28T15:36:00.000-05:00

We had a nice few days of shows at Bard, Sarah Lawrence, and the Middle East. Sarah Lawrence was a treat as we played with our friends Jason Anderson and Soul Saint Marie. That show and Bard were also with the Wailing Wall, and that's a great band that we look forward to hearing more from soon.
Last night at the Middle East with Phosphorescent was one of our best shows to date. We played a half-hour set, consisting of five songs. Phosphorescent was wonderful, as always.
Thanks to all that came out to these shows.

This week Guy joins us and we'll start recording our debut album in Rockport, MA! We're really excited to record, and hope to share the songs with you before long.

We have a show planned for March 19th at the Ello Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. It will be our debut as a four-piece. Our new member Guy Capecelatro III will also perform his songs, as will the amazing Gregg Porter and Unbunny, who makes a rare New England appearance.

Fun fact: Guy plays in all four bands!

Hillytown has a review of our recent Portland show.

That's it for now. We'll report back with updates on the recording...

*PBz

Guy Capecelatro joins Paper Birds!

2009-02-16T11:44:00.000-05:00

We are thrilled to announce that the incomparable Guy Capecelatro III has joined Paper Birds.
He will be playing a variety of instruments. I think we all will now.
Guy helped record the demos for many of the Paper Birds songs before I even knew they would be Paper Birds songs. He has been a great friend, inspiration, and supporter since the beginning, and we are really excited to have him be a part of the band.
As it's RPM month, he's busy making a bunch of his own records, so he won't be performing with us during our February shows, but he will be recording with us in March, and will perform with us at our shows afterward.

February news.

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There are four Paper Birds shows coming up in February.
The first is Feb 8 in Portland, ME at the Meg Perry Center with our friend Anna Vogelzang.
Next we'll play two shows with The Wailing Wall. Feb 25 at Smog at Bard College, and Feb 26 at Sarah Lawrence College.
Finally, we play Feb 27 at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA with Phosphorescent.

In March, we will record our debut album, Capecelatro, with our friend Guy.

Dylan will be touring with his other band Tiger Saw in February as well.
Jeremy and Jerusha are recording and keeping busy with South China, Brown Bird, and Plains.

More information over at Myspace. Feel free to get in touch. Thanks for stopping by.