Tiny Vipers
The subtle, largely acoustic music of Tiny Vipers is the project of Seattle-based singer/songwriter Jesy Fortino, a self-taught guitarist whose intricate playing and lonesome vocals give her work a uniquely haunting quality. Though she played in a few bands, Fortino found she worked better on her own, and began releasing Tiny Vipers albums -- including one that consisted of a single 30-minute song -- and playing local shows. A friend working at Sub Pop brought her to the label's attention, and Fortino signed with them in 2006. Her debut EP for Sub Pop, {^Hand...[more]
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Seattle's Jesy Fortino has played coffee shops, on mismatched bills with by-the-book folkies, and fielded far too many questions that address her gender rather than her music. Fortunately for us these things all fall away when she plays. Inhabiting the space carved out by minimal guitar, gentle textures, and stark, immediate vocals, Tiny Vipers' music evokes the contrast and quiet, empty beauty of a grey northwest landscape. A uniquely striking record that's as fully realized as it is spare and beautiful.[ read more ]
CD $13.99
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Tiny Vipers is Jesy Fortino, a musician living in Seattle. Since her last and first album, 2007's Hands Across The Void, she's toured Europe and the US, transfixing audiences into a solemn hush. Transcending the mere folk tag, Fortino draws from disparate inspirational sources, from the avant-garde or country musician Townes Van Zandt. Life On Earth gives musical life to the themes that inhabit her lyricisms: love found and lost, places come and gone. The future annihilates the past, consuming [ read more ]
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This is a cream colored Tiny Vipers shirt in a WOMEN'S LARGE. It is printed on an American Apparel tee; art by Jesy Fortino (aka Tiny Vipers). Features a graphic of two figures standing on a cloud.
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This is a cream colored Tiny Vipers shirt in a size SMALL. It is printed on an American Apparel tee; art by Jesy Fortino (aka Tiny Vipers). Features a graphic of two figures standing on a cloud.
Small Shirt $19.99
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This is a cream colored Tiny Vipers shirt in a size LARGE. It is printed on an American Apparel tee; art by Jesy Fortino (aka Tiny Vipers). Features a graphic of two figures standing on a cloud.
Large Shirt $19.99
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This is a cream colored Tiny Vipers shirt in a size EXTRA LARGE. It is printed on an American Apparel tee; art by Jesy Fortino (aka Tiny Vipers). Features a graphic of two figures standing on a cloud.
X-Large Shirt $19.99
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This is a cream colored Tiny Vipers shirt in a size MEDIUM. It is printed on an American Apparel tee; art by Jesy Fortino (aka Tiny Vipers). Features a graphic of two figures standing on a cloud.
Medium Shirt $19.99
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Tiny Vipers is Jesy Fortino, a musician living in Seattle. Since her last and first album, 2007's Hands Across The Void, she's toured Europe and the US, transfixing audiences into a solemn hush. Transcending the mere folk tag, Fortino draws from disparate inspirational sources, from the avant-garde or country musician Townes Van Zandt. Life On Earth gives musical life to the themes that inhabit her lyricisms: love found and lost, places come and gone. The future annihilates the past, consuming [ read more ]
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Seattle's Jesy Fortino has played coffee shops, on mismatched bills with by-the-book folkies, and fielded far too many questions that address her gender rather than her music. Fortunately for us these things all fall away when she plays. Inhabiting the space carved out by minimal guitar, gentle textures, and stark, immediate vocals, Tiny Vipers' music evokes the contrast and quiet, empty beauty of a grey northwest landscape. A uniquely striking record that's as fully realized as it is spare and beautiful.[ read more ]
MP3 $6.30
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