Tiny Vipers

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  • Formed: Seattle, WA
  • Years Active: 2000s

Albums

Biography Wikipedia

Wikipedia:

Tiny Vipers (born 1983) is the stage name of Jesy Fortino, an American acoustic musician from Seattle, Washington.

After having started as out a more conventional pop singer-songwriter, she has since developed a distinct style. She uses both minimal but complicated melodies and techniques that move her away from the pop sound of Hands Across the Void into more abstract music. Her guitar technique is very acute, and during live performances, she will play non-repeating instrumental guitar parts between songs. It is hard to tell when one song ends and the next begins, or what is improvised and what is written.

Life on Earth was released on July 7, 2009 on Sub Pop. Luckyhorse Industries released a limited edition 180 gram double vinyl on November 16, 2009, which included a bonus track "Audrey's Well".

On January 20, 2012, it was announced that Fortino would be releasing a collaborative album with Grouper under the name Mirrorring entitled Foreign Body on March 19, 2012.

Solo discography

Tiny Vipers (EP, 2004. reissued October 2007 on Luckyhorse Industries)Hands Across the Void (LP, July 2007 on Sub Pop)Empire Prism (EP, 2007. Reissued July 2008 on Luckyhorse Industries)Life on Earth (LP, July 2009 on Sub Pop)

Mirrorring discography

Foreign Body (with Grouper) (LP, March 2012 on Kranky)

Compilations

Burn To Shine (DVD, November 2007)Contributed song "Another's Day Son" with Colin Roper for the compilation 2021: An Aviation Records Compilation (LP, 2007)

Guest appearances

Vocals on "New Dawn Fades" by The Sight Below (Single, 2010)Backing vocals on All is Wild, All is Silent, Balmorhea (LP, 2009)