About Flamingos in the Tree
Flamingos in the Tree is a wistfully captivating band that articulates a life of yearning,
reminiscing, and nostalgia through infectious melodies, lush harmonies, and introspective lyrics.
Flamingos in the Tree originally formed in 2018 at the University of Nevada, Reno. The band is
comprised of Daniel Escovar, Spencer Thomas, Jarvis Humlick, and James Pizzo.
The Early Years:
Formation at the University of Nevada, Reno (2018)
The Early Years:
Formation at the University of Nevada, Reno (2018)
The smooth indie rockers have been bringing nostalgic dreams and memories to life since 2018,
when Daniel Escovar began hosting open jam sessions in the common area of Argenta Hall with
his voice and a guitar.
During the first few weeks of the college semester, Escovar was looking for musicians to bring
the songs he had written in his high school bedroom to life.
After about a week of jamming in the common area, multi-instrumentalist Spencer Thomas
approached the jam group, sat at the common area’s upright piano, and the first seed of the tree
was planted. Soon after, Spencer introduced Jarvis Humlick, the drummer from his music
therapy club, to the group. Jarvis’ laid-back, creative style immediately created the rhythmic
foundation of Flamingos in the Tree.
The group attempted to rehearse in Daniel Escovar’s dorm room, the dorm common area, and the
study rooms, but the group would constantly get reprimanded for excessive “noise.” One day,
Escovar looked out his dorm room window after an RA told the band they would be punished if
any of them were seen with musical instruments, and he saw a church across the street.
Immediately afterward, the band walked to the church and said, “We have nowhere to play
music. Do you have any space for us?”
The Church Basement: The Bouquet and Lmk EPs
Flamingos in the Tree found their musical sanctuary in the basement of the Catholic Newman
Center Church across the street from their dorm hall. In that basement, the band wrote, recorded,
and produced classic Flamingos in the Tree EPs such as The Bouquet – EP and Lmk – EP.
sunsets that I had w u: The Breakthrough Album (2022)
In 2021, multi-instrumentalist James Pizzo and Daniel Escovar met at a social event on campus,
and the two began working on music every day, between and after work or classes. The band got
together four to five nights a week to write, record, mix, and master their debut and breakthrough
2022 album, sunsets that i had w u – LP, featuring tracks such as Take Me by the Hand, Thorned
Rose, and Sarah Tonin.
The “sunsets” album took Flamingos in the Tree across the country on national tours, playing
shows in dive bars, venues, and theaters.
as it falls into place (2024)
In 2024, Flamingos in the Tree released as it falls into place, an album about adjusting to their
new lifestyle as musicians reluctantly entering adulthood. Chasing a girl, chasing a lifestyle,
chasing success, and somehow failing at all of it because there simply wasn't enough time in the
day. Songs like Turn Out the Lights capture the longing for an undefined, unattainable future,
while desperately trying to hold on to the present.
For Those Who Dream: A New Era
Now, Flamingos in the Tree has entered a new era they call For Those Who Dream. The new
album, For Those Who Dream, is a reflection on attachment to the past, a fear of growing up,
and losing the childlike optimism that spoke life into their early sound. For Those Who Dream is
a letter to those who continue to dream, even when the world gives them every reason to stop. It
articulates the trials of attachment, love, and loss, with the classic themes of holding onto hope
and naive beauty at the start of love.
And perhaps, more than anything, it is a reminder that growing older does not mean we have to
stop believing in the things that made us who we are.
For those who dream,
from your favorite boys.