Brendan Rice is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Boston, MA currently based out of Hillsborough, NC. His debut, the EP "Trial by Fire", featured a guest appearance by saxophonist Dana Colley of the late great Morphine. Indie-Music.com stated that, "Fans of Radiohead will feel an immediate connection in Rice's weathered (yet soulful) vocal and complex musical arrangements. His lyrics are skillfully woven images". His second release, the LP "Death of the Toy Soldier", was co-produced by Nick Peterson who was responsible for mastering Bon Iver's breakout album "For Emma, Forever Ago". DOTTS featured musical contributions by members of Birds of Avalon, The Kingsbury Manx, Caltrop, Dynamite Brothers and Transportation. Rumblefish media declared that "With an intimate songwriting style like Elliott Smith’s...The dusty tracks on Death Of A Toy Soldier have the storytelling specificity of Bruce Springsteen’s acoustic folk, but the roots-rock edge of a band like Creedence Clearwater Revival".
Rice has also been a former member of the bands Bolo (violin/guitar), The Mean Reds (violin), Mingus Young (violin/guitar), Scarlett Rider (bass, violin) and The Pros and Cons (bass). He has collaborated and recorded with producers Brian Paulson (Beck, Wilco) as well as Will Holland (Pixies). Rice has written and recorded string and guitar parts on over a dozen commercially released albums by other acts such as Boston Music Award winners Three Day Threshold, international touring act Fin Fang Foom and Sorry About Dresden side project Eerie Choir. Currently he is writing his next solo record.
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