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Lost in the Trees

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Lost in the Trees - All Alone in an Empty House LP
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"Surrounded by rich, orchestral arrangements that vary between gorgeous shimmers and unsettling bursts of shrill fury, [Picker] paints heart-wrenching portraits of a person abandoned by love and family."
-Shuffle Magazine
"An Arcadian construction of emotional wilderness hemmed by string sections [and] strummed acoustic guitars."
-The Independent
"Even when considered agianst the slew of releases Trekky Records is unleashing upon listeners this Fall, Lost In The Trees’ new album All Alone In An Empty House is a striking standout."
-The Daily Tar Heel
"With All Alone, Picker finally finds his voice, fusing elements of Appalachian folk with lush orchestral passages."
-Shuffle Magazine
"In terms of devastating emotion, nothing from this year in North Carolina can compete with the first seven songs on All Alone in an Empty House."
-The Daily Tar Heel
"Using folk-based pop songs rife with lush flourishes of orchestral texture an instrumentation as a template, Lost in the Trees creates a dynamic well suited to front-man Ari Picker's reedy soliloquies."
-Uptown Magazine
"<[i>All Alone] takes the musical inventiveness displayed on Time Taunts Me and adds the depth of hauntingly personal lyrics and stripped-down, acoustic songs."
-Southeast Performer
"[Picker's] most personal album."
-The Herald Journal
"An almost-unbearably intimate and gorgeous body of music."
-The Burg
Lost in the Trees - Time Taunts Me EP
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Praise for Lost in the Trees and Time Taunts Me:
"Orchestral and ambitious...[an] intensely lush collection."
-Pitchfork Media
"A sublime blending of Prokofiev's ''Peter and the Wolf'' with a dash of Vivaldi and the vocal stylings of a suaver Ben Gibbard from Death Cab."
-Entertainment Weekly
"Sounds a lot like the soundtrack to your favourite indie film.”
-Pop Matters
"Melodic chamber-pop that is as musically ambitious as it is lyrically precious."
-All Music Guide
"Startlingly gorgeous arrangements."
-IGN
"Truly beautiful and shyly tragic...a touching treat for all"
-Losing Today Magazine
"Sure to be the surprise of 2007."
-The Phill(er)
"Big and orchestral blend with intimate and folksy to create a compelling and vaguely menacing landscape — like dark thunder clouds rolling over meticulous fields of wheat."
-3hive
"The difficult process of reconciliation has seldom sounded so sweet."
-The Independent
"Both inspired and brilliantly original."
-Performer Magazine
"Lost in the Trees cleverly constructs an array of lively combinations of strings, samples and hand percussion."
-Alarm
"LITT's autumnal debut is dramatic and twee with earnest potential."
-Heeb
"This is the best release so far this year."
-Birmingham Weekly
"Equal parts hope and isolation to help you ease the flow of your impending emotional flashflood."
-Three Imaginary Girls
"One of the most original works I’ve heard this year."
-Berkeley Place
"I have to admit it..s really something I..m going mad about. I..m completely charmed with the sound..."
-Get Echo
"By far, one of the most engaging EPs I’ve heard this year."
-The Yellow Stereo
"Time Taunts Me is one of the most unique and beautiful things I've heard so far this year."
-Out the Other
"Vastly creative...completely solid on every level."
-Smother.net
Thanks for finding Lost in the Trees. Our record is out now on Trekky Records (www.trekkyrecords.com). If you want to read/hear more from Lost in the Trees, please find www.lostinthetrees.com.Please find more Trekky Music at Trekkyrecords.com
Lost in the Trees - Lost in the Trees
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Member Since: 03/12/2005
Band Website: www.lostinthetrees.com
Band Members: Ari Picker – composer/vox/guitar
Drew Anagnost - cello
Scott Carle - drums
Mark Daumen - tuba/bells
Leah Gibson - cello
Will Hackney – mandolin/vox/accordion/bells/guitar/bass/cornet
Seamus Kenney - trombone/accordion/bells
Emma Nadeau – french horn/vox/bells/accordion
Lauren Paynter - violin
Alyssa Reichardt – euphonium/accordion/bells
Joah Tunnell – bass/guitar/vox
Jenavieve Varga - violin
Kathryn Wyatt - viola

Past members:

Nate Babbs - drums
Matt Bruer - banjo
Liz Lamour - violin
Corynn Loebs - violin
Nick Morawiecki – guitar/vox/other
Nikki Nieves - violin
Dave Peacock - viola
Neel-Gopal Sharma - viola
Nicki Singleton – violin/viola
Jessica Smith – bass trombone
Alexandra Spalding – cello/vox
Kaitlin Wolfberg - violin
Ken Woodward - bass

Contact:

Band: Ari Picker - ari [at] lostinthetrees [dot] com
Label: Trekky Records - info [at] trekkyrecords [dot] com
Booking: Billions - butterer [at] billions [dot] com

Photos above by Agatha Donkar, Jordan Lawrence and Mike!
Influences: Film Music (Elfman, Mothersbaugh), Radiohead, Leonard Cohen, Hip-hop, other Trekky song writers. Growing old and fear of death. Love and adventure.
Sounds Like: Nothing you've heard before! But EVERYTHING you want to hear!

Here's what some writers have said:
Pitchfork Media
Entertainment Weekly
PopMatters
All Music Guide
3hive
The Phill(er)
Transform
The Independent
Losing Today

Record Label: Trekky Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Band blog plus MORE TOUR DATES! - TN, VA, IL , KY, OH, WV, and NC!

We're gonna be on the road again, starting with the Eno River Festival this Fourth of July and ending with LITT + The Kingsbury Manx at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC on July 19th.  Here are the dates:0...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:11:00 GMT

Lost in the Trees coming to DC + Brooklyn + Philly + Norfolk this week!

We're finally embarking on the first leg of our summer tour this week!  We are really excited about the shows we'll be playing:Jun 16 | 8:30P @ DC9 in Washington DC Jun 17 | 8:00P @ The Bell House in ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:31:00 GMT

Lost in the Trees on NPR!

I just caught this randomly online today, but I noticed that NPR had a song posted from Lost in the Trees! You know all that awesome music they play as interludes between NPR programs? Well "Lost in t...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Lost in the Trees Pitchfork Review!

Hey y'all,Click on over to Pitchfork Media to read the wholly positive review of Time Taunts Me. We're honored to be up there!
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:51:00 GMT

"Best Music in a Short Animation" @ Garden State Film Festival

The Garden State Film Festival just announced its 2007 winners and Ari Picker won "Best Music in a Short Animation" for his scoring of "Windows, Masks, Doors" by Sarah Orenstein. You might recognize s...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:05:00 GMT

KCRW "Today's Top Tune" March 27

The folks over at KCRW are planning on featuring "Tall Trees" as their "Today's Top Tune" on March 27, 2007. So be sure to check out their website next Tuesday. Thanks KCRW!
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:45:00 GMT