Tiny Moving Parts

Tiny Moving Parts are a three-piece emo/screamo band from Moorhead, Minnesota which formed in 2008 when they were still in high school. The band consists of two brothers (bass/vocals and drums) and their cousin (guitar/vocals), I call that a fam jam (#cringeworthylilwaynejokes). Anyway, these guys blow me away. For a three-piece, their sound is so tight, and they have masterfully established themselves as one of the front runners in the modern emo/screamo scene, along with great bands such as Old Gray, Native, Grown Ups, and the Merchant Ships-related bands. The trade-off vocal parts, the bright and twinkly guitars, as well as the math rock-level technical bits of the bass and drums are some of the distinctive characteristics that comprise Tiny Moving Parts' sound. They are one of those bands that make you want to sing along and cry along to at the same time, you know? Basically one of the best kind of bands. The vocals can be super catchy, but with some emotionally hard-hitting lyrics relating to topics such as nostalgia. They just got signed to Triple Crown, and for a fucking good reason. Check out all of this stuff below, though the early things are from when they were in high school, so the quality of recording and such is questionable, but the later stuff is absolutely killer, both for the music and production value. Enjoy.

Waves Rise, Waves Recede, The Ocean Is Full Of Waves (2008)

1. The Poem

2. De La Exsorta

3. Me Vs. The Eohippus

4. The Mountain That Climbed Itself

5. Sfumato

6. The Accents From The Backwinds

7. The Sea That Drowned Itself

8. Searching For The Orang Pendek, With Biotite Eyes

9. Moving To Antarctica

sfumato ('08) (2008)

1. sfumato ('08)

Moving To Antarctica (2010)

1. For the Sake of Brevity

2. I Remember My First Bear P.1

3. I Remember My First Bear P.2

4. Weather Too Unbearable For Bear To Bare

5. You Have No Idea How High I Can Fly

6. I Don't Care, Larry Bird?

7. We Don't Cross Fingers

8. I'll Sum This Up

Birdhouse Sessions (2011)

1. We Don't Cross Fingers... LIVE

2. I'll Sum This Up LIVE

De La Exsorta (Single) (2011)

1. De La Exsorta

The Dan Martin Split (2011)

1. I'd Rather Soar With The Thought Of Birds Carrying Us Away

2. I'm Still Here, You're Still There

Old Maid/Coffee With Tom (2012)

1. Old Maid

2. Coffee With Tom

This Couch is Long & Full Of Friendship (2013)

1. Dakota

2. Along the Lakeside

3. Grayscale

4. Vacation Bible School

5. Clouds Above My Head

6. I

7. Waterbed

8. Amateur Night

9. II

10. John P.

Old Gray/Tiny Moving Parts (2014)

1. Old Gray - Clip Your Own Wings

2. Old Gray - An Epitaph

3. Tiny Moving Parts - Swimming Lessons

4. Tiny Moving Parts - Fair Trade

Pleasant Living (2014)

1. Sundress

2. Always Focused

3. Fourth Of July

4. I Hope Things Go The Way I Hope

5. Whiskey Waters

6. Movies

7. The Better Days

8. Boxcar

9. Spring Fever

10. Entrances & Exits

11. Skinny Veins

12. Van Beers

Celebrate (2016)

1. Good Enough

2. Happy Birthday

3. Birdhouse

4. Headache

5. Common Cold

6. Stay Warm

7. Breathe Deep

8. Volumes

9. Minnesota

10. Minnow

Swell (2018)

1. Applause

2. Smooth It Out

3. Feel Alive

4. Caution

5. Wildfire

6. Whale Watching

7. It's Too Cold Tonight

8. Malfunction

9. Wishbone

10. Warm Hand Splash

breathe (2019)

1. The Midwest Sky

2. Light Bulb

3. Medicine

4. Icicles (Morning Glow)

5. Vertabrae

6. Polar Bear

7. Bloody Nose

8. Soft Spot

9. I Can't Shake

10. Hallmark

Tiny Moving Parts (2022)

1. Decibel

2. North Shore

3. Demons Are Taking Over

4. Tangled Up

5. Jotting Notes

6. Downhill Spiral

7. All My Guts

8. Day Drunk

9. Bad Trip

10. 12345

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