Grand Archives - Miniature Birds

What this video is

Released in 2008, 'Miniature Birds' arrives at a peak moment for Pacific Northwest indie folk, with Grand Archives embodying the Sub Pop label's post-grunge reinvention as a home for harmony-rich, folk-pop acts. Frontman Mat Brooke, a veteran of Carissa's Wierd and Band of Horses, channeled influences from 1970s Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Eagles into a Seattle-rooted sound that resonated with the…

Why it matters

Grand Archives represent a critical bridge between the slowcore/post-rock genealogy of Carissa's Wierd, the arena-indie of Band of Horses, and the harmony-folk revival that would peak with Fleet Foxes (also Sub Pop, 2008). 'Miniature Birds' is a key document of the indie folk moment when…