Press

2/10/10
Review - Little Pieces – Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds With Blood EP
Garage goodness and power pop is what the Herman Jolly fronted Little Pieces do, and on their latest, Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds With Blood, they hit the target every time. Opening cut, “I’m A Bull” comes on like the bastard offspring of Dinosaur Jr. and The Action, with Jolly’s cracked whisper wrapping things up in under two minutes. So, no fucking around with overlong solos, and absolutely no filler. “Key On A Kite” is classic proto-pop-punk, with bundles of personality and a chorus that’ll stick around for days. “One Million Feet Below” repeats the trick with added oomph. Right now you can stream all six tracks on their MySpace page, together with their excellent “Candy Stairs”, a track erstwhile US publication Spin described as a “garage-pop near-classic”. Indeed it is.
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Leicester Bangs , Rob Forbes

12/11/09
Song of the Day: Little Pieces - One Million Feet Below
DJ Cheryl Waters picks Little Pieces track 'One Million Feet Below' as KEXP's song of the day.
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11/22/09
KEXP Music That Matters Podcast, Vol. 175 - Pitch A Fit
DJ Cheryl Waters includes our song 'One Million Feet Below' from Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds With Blood EP.
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10/21/09
Little Pieces (EP release: Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds With Blood)
The title of Little Pieces’ new EP, Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds with Blood, is a quirky, off-kilter selection of infectious, instantly appealing songs...
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Seattle Weekly , Sara Brickner

9/25/09
Portland Tribune - Live Music
The band – a continuation of Jolly’s eccentric-but-accessible pop aesthetic – is celebrating the release of a great new EP, the appropriately strange titled “Vampires Fill Their Waterbeds With Blood.” Jolly’s got a knack for always assembling the right cast of characters to fill out his whimsically grounded flights of folly. The new band and EP is just the right blend of hooks, muscle and out-there imagination.
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Portland Tribune

9/25/09
Portland Mercury Up & Coming
The Seattle band's latest is loaded with fuzzy pop and Jolly's bouncy songwriting...
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Portland Mercury , Ezra Ace Caraeff

3/5/09
Can't Miss It: Thursday
MOPE ROCK: Sad as it is to say, The Beautiful Confusion are not the reason you should head out to the High Dive for The Beautiful Confusion's CD release party tonight. Unless of course you're into breathy vocal-ed, country-infused folk rock. Which we're not. But the headliner, Little Pieces, we do dig: it's lo-fi, choppy indie rock that doesn't take itself seriously (or possible so seriously you just don't believe it). With Black Nite Crash and Iris I.
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Seattlest - Blog , Jeremy M. Barker

9/25/08
Little Pieces comes a long way
A Seattle-based band with a big sound under the name of Little Pieces will be coming back for their second rendezvous with Champaign this Thursday, Sept. 25. With two of the three members being former U of I students (Grant Badger and Rob Lloyd), their return as an established Seattle band is an event much looked forward to by people...
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University of Illinois Weekly Buzz Magazine , Tricia Scully

8/1/08
Spin Magazine - Songs You Need to Download Now!
Featured in Spin Magazine on page 26. 'Candy Stairs' is number 6 out of the top 12 songs Spin recommends to download now. 'The former leader of late '90s alt-rock also-rans Sunset Valley, Herman Jolly concocts a sugary, lo-fi nugget-acid lollies, anyone? - and stumbles into a garage-pop near-classic.' - Spin Aug 08 issue
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9/11/08
Portland Mercury - Show Blurb
Little Pieces are a trio boasting a classic power pop sound in abundance. At times recalling the work of Tom Petty ('The Zeppo Stone') and ELO ('Hurricane') and buoyed by Jolly's amicable vocal work, the group rushes forward with little to no hesitation, occasionally throwing in stark lyrical images that serve as a point of contrast for the strummed and jangly rhythms.
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8/21/08
Willamette Week - Northwest Musicfest Blurb
After a recent move to Seattle, Herman Jolly- frontman of late and lamented Sunset Valley- formed a new project with Grant Badger and Rob Lloyd of Guitar Defamation League. As a vehicle for Jolly's gorgeous tunes and strangely compelling voice, Little Pieces' stripped-down jangle-punk/power-pop mix rivals the Soft Boys.
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8/7/08
Rhythm & Views - Little Pieces CD Review
Little Pieces, a Seattle-based three-piece, have with their first self-titled record a cure for your midsummer, economic-recession blues: clever rock songs, with catchy melodies and empathetic lyrics.
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Tucson Weekly , Annie Holub

7/31/08
Little Pieces CD Review
Little Pieces are the sort of band that turn you on (or should) from the opening notes of the perfectly polished “The Skier” that is part Petty and part Pixies. It’s a delightful little ditty.
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PopMatters.com , Jason MacNeil

7/21/08
Discs You May Have Missed
Clever, well-executed jangle, Little Pieces’ full-length debut springs to life with good-natured bounce, injecting wit into a driving mix of solid chops and gentle persuasions. LP’s refreshingly invigorating tunes patiently accelerate into riff-filled rampages, offering smart takes on familiar themes and updating the subtly twisted pop of Seattle with deceptively wholesome shenanigans.
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Maximum Ink Music Magazine , John Noyd

7/7/08
Little Pieces at Modified Arts
“I know you guys probably get tired of bands coming to town and telling you how hot it is here, but it’s really, really hot here,” said Grant Badger, bassist for the Seattle power-pop band Little Pieces, as he looked out at the sweaty masses. Badger and his band mates, along with three local acts, braved the staggering heat to put on a night of great music.
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Phoenix New Times Blog , Joseph Golfen

6/11/08
Herman Jolly Falls to Pieces...Little Pieces
Sunset Valley fans disheartened by the band's 'break' might dig Little Pieces, ex-SV frontman Herman Jolly's new project. Little Pieces does a lot with a little, crafting bouncy pop songs from a very basic rock-and-roll line-up. There is, of course, Jolly on the mic and guitar, accompanied only by bassist Grant Badger and drummer Rob Lloyd.
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Seattle Weekly - Reverb Blog , Sara Brickner

6/1/08
(SOUND) Magazine review - Little Pieces Self-Titled release
If the slightly skewed playground pop of Little Pieces sounds familiar, it should--mastermind Herman Jolly was also the driving force behind...
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