Bem-Vinda Vontade is an album by Mice Parade

Mice Parade

Mice Parade is an indie/shoegaze band from New York City led by percussionist Adam Pierce. Mice Parade's albums were all initially released on Pierce's record label, Bubble Core Records and Fat Cat Records...

, released in 2005 on Bubblecore and FatCat Records. It features more vocals than previous albums, with contributions from Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir is an Icelandic vocalist and classically trained multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as a former frontperson of múm, and later on for collaborating with former husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan....

 of Múm

Múm

múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...

 and Ikuko Harada of Clammbon

Clammbon

is a Japanese musical trio, consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Ikuko Harada, bassist Mito and drummer Itou Daisuke. The group, originally formed in 1996 when the three were students at Tokyo Music and Media Arts Shogi, made their major label debut on Warner Music Japan three years later...

. The title is translated as "Welcome, Will" from Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

. It is the band's first offering that might be classified as a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

, loosely based on the lead singer's battle with a gambling addiction.

Track listing

1. "Warm Hard In Farmland" - 3:11
2. "Nights Wave" - 6:54
3. "Passing & Galloping" - 3:40
4. "The Days Before Fiction" - 8:09
5. "Steady As She Goes" - 4:46
6. "Waterslide" - 5:15
7. "The Boat Room" - 4:34
8. "Ground As Cold As Common" - 5:52
9. "Ende" - 1:36

External links

• Bem-Vinda Vontade at FatCat Records.