Although Mice Parade isn't necessarily the group's paramount album, it certainly makes their stock soar high.  Full text...

Mice Parade is a record steeped in sophistication and modern anxiety, rendered in multiple shades of beat-crazy.  Full text...

Mice Parade is a good full-length effort, through and through, and I’m hard-pressed not to enjoy it while it’ on.  Full text...

Ultimately, Mice Parade is a neither a masterpiece nor a hideous pile of rubbish. Instead, it's a quality effort that still feels somewhat unsatisfying despite the many talents of Pierce and his collaborators.  Full text...

Not bad for an album supposedly originally designed to test out Pierce’s new converted garage studio.  Full text...

Mice Parade fans by now probably should've grown used to this once-instrumental outfit's increasing use of vocals and lyrics, a fixture on the last two albums, 2005's Bem-Vinda Vontade and 2004's Obrigado Saudade. On Mice Parade, those elements remain a sticking point, even as Pierce's intricate drumming, expressive guitar strums, and use of non-traditional instruments continues to impress.  Full text...

Mice Parade is a lot of things, but it is not small. Even clocking in at only 35 minutes, the album seems grandiose. Each song sounds intricately put together and painstakingly recorded.  Full text...

Parade reveals Pierce as a bit of a classicist in his genre: he doesn't wish to rip ears off and most of the album is noodling-free. Then again Pierce's repertoire isn't particularly stunning—most of the sounds are straight off the shelf—there are drum-in-a-can effects, thick vocal mosaics, and subtle washes of noise on most of the album's nine tracks.  Full text...