I didn't really know Mice Parade, but I had heard about the project from some friends. So of course, when they passed through Chicago at one of my favorite clubs, I had to stop in. They were touring their forthcoming album, Candela, their first in many years, if I'm not mistaken. The band performed as a three piece, Adam, Dan Lippel, a tremendous guitarist who I still remember the name of, and a woman with one of the most absolutely beautiful drop-dead voices I ever heard, who only years later, I discovered went by the name Mr. Silla. After the concert, I picked up this newly released record on vinyl. It will forever remind me of that autumn in Chicago.… More