Lost In The Trees' new album, Past Life, comes out Feb. 18. DL Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lost in the Trees performs on KCRW. KCRW hide caption

Lost In The Trees perform at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on April 11, 2012. AJ Wilhelm for NPR hide caption

Lost In The Trees. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: St. Vincent, Bruce Springsteen, Damien Jurado, Maria Linden of I Break Horses Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Lost in the Trees, performing live at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. Shantel Mitchell hide caption

A Church That Fits Our Needs is Lost In The Trees' second album, a tribute to the late mother of frontman Ari Picker (second from left). Annalee Harkins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lost In The Trees' new album, A Church That Fits Our Needs, comes out March 20. Annalee Harkins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from bottom left: Gotye, White Rabbits, Jana Hunter from Lower Dens, Leonard Cohen. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Ari Picker of Lost In The Trees. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lost In The Trees on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Courtesy of Brian Blauser hide caption

This shot captures me (left) speaking with singer-songwriter and now novelist Josh Ritter (right) about his upcoming book Bright's Passage in part of Interactive SXSW. Michael Katzif/NPR hide caption

Lost in the Trees plays orchestral folk -- and the "orchestral" part is no afterthought. courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ari Picker (the redhead second from left) is the creative force behind Lost in the Trees. D.L. Anderson hide caption