New Music Friday: Mini Trees - 'Always in Motion'

Mini Trees

Drummer Lexi Vega began writing and recording her own music under the moniker Mini Trees in 2018. Her debut Ep, Steady Me, dropped in 2019 and follow up EP, Slip Away in 2020. Vega’s debut album ‘Always in Motion’ is available today and you can stream it right here on Live4ever!

Originally envisioned to be yet another EP, Vega instead began working on what would become her debut full length, Always In Motion, a collection of relatable indie-pop songs that acknowledge our collective anxiety about life’s improbability. When she was only 5 years old, Vega’s father, a professional drummer himself, took his own life. These traumas set in motion an ongoing questioning of Vega’s own self identity – and Mini Trees has provided the palette for Vega to process, to persevere, and to grow.

“When you’re in the midst of something painful you long to get to the other side of it,” Vega explains. “You want to be free from that. Faith can mean that even though life is long and painful, there is hope at the end of it all. I like the idea of there being something better than this on the other side. That possibility acknowledges that while people go through periods of intense anxiety and dread, they make it through.”