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Mimicking Birds is a rock group trio from Portland, Oregon centered around Nate Lacy (vocals, guitar), with Aaron Hanson (drums) and Tim Skellenger (guitar).
History
Mimicking Birds was originally a vehicle for Nate Lacy's home recordings, but expanded to a trio after he signed to Modest Mouse member Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Recordings label in 2008. The group toured with Modest Mouse in 2009.
The eponymous debut album was largely recorded at Brock's home in Portland and released in 2010, to a positive critical reaction. Pitchfork Media gave the album a 7.4/10 rating, describing Lacy as "extremely gifted with cyclical melodies: thorny, fingerpicked spines around which he can snake a range of sounds simply for ambience". PopMatters gave the album 7/10, calling the album "fragile, melancholy and complexly surreal". The A.V. Club gave the album a B+ rating. The Seattle Weekly viewed that the album "strikes a balance between dynamic, sprightly melodies and hushed, languid folk lullabies". The Portland Mercury described it as "ethereal, pensive, and austere—a calm, chilly night spent gazing at a clear, starry sky".
In 2009 Mimicking Birds performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and made an appearance at Lollapalooza in 2010. The band has toured with artists such as Deertick, The Low Anthem, Blind Pilot, Cloud Cult, Jenny Lewis, Langhorne Slim, Jesse Sykes and Jakob Dylan and shared stages with artists including but not limited to Fleet Foxes, Menomena, Helio Sequence, Blitzen Trapper, The Tallest Man on Earth, Okkervil River, and Conor Oberst. The band is currently writing material for their second album expected to be released in 2012.