Solo parade

Sure, we all know how home studios have democratized music and let a thousand flowers bloom every day (even if many of them are ugly). But let's not forget another important benefit—that they've rescued the one-man band from old vaudevillian indignities. Like having to sit on a unicycle playing the violin with a harmonica propped up to his mouth, desperately kicking a bass drum between pedal cycles to make a living. Adam Pierce, the anagram-loving multi-instrumentalist who calls himself Mice Parade, has taken full advantage.

I like Mice Parade because he always exudes the joy of a talented guy making music in his own little world, putting on the layers seemingly at his leisure. This song makes zero sense compositionally. It's pretty much three cool sections daisy-chained together. But with such enthusiasm and good taste in influences, who can complain.

Mice Parade - My Workday in May