Birdmonster (Peter Arcuni, David Klein, Justin Tinuto, and Zach Winter)
wins staring contest, record label will release new CD.
Birdmonster releases From the Mountain to the Sea
on CD today. The album is produced by Tom Schick, who has worked with Ryan Adams, Norah Jones, and Rufus Wainwright. This is their second full length release.Peter Arcuni, a former editorial assistant with Wired, formed the band in 2004 with some Bay Area neighbors and began to built an indie following. Birdmonster may be "the worst-named band in San Francisco", but they believe it captures "the cuddliness and the ferociousness of what they're trying to do." That year they financed and self-released the 3 song EP Birdmonster
which caught the attention of the bloggers for "Resurrection Song". In 2006, they released their first full length CD No Midnight
with the help of producer Bradley Cook (Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age) which garnered mostly glowing reviews from the critics.
Birdmonster's music has been described as everything from Tom Petty, Clash-ish, Goo Goo Dolls and, most often, early Modest Mouse circa Lonesome Crowded West
. The Tripwire once said to “imagine Modest Mouse in a mosh pit intermittently bashing listeners over the head with a banjo”. About the repeating Modest Mouse reference, Peter said in an early interview "we have one song on our EP that had like a bendy guitar note and it was one of the songs where I go for a little more vocals in terms of screaming, and all of a sudden, people heard that, were like, Ok, there's a bendy guitar note and a scream, Modest Mouse!" Perhaps guitarist David Klein summed up their music best saying "our main goal is to rock so hard one of us faints."
which caught the attention of the bloggers for "Resurrection Song". In 2006, they released their first full length CD No Midnightwith the help of producer Bradley Cook (Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age) which garnered mostly glowing reviews from the critics.Birdmonster's music has been described as everything from Tom Petty, Clash-ish, Goo Goo Dolls and, most often, early Modest Mouse circa Lonesome Crowded West
. The Tripwire once said to “imagine Modest Mouse in a mosh pit intermittently bashing listeners over the head with a banjo”. About the repeating Modest Mouse reference, Peter said in an early interview "we have one song on our EP that had like a bendy guitar note and it was one of the songs where I go for a little more vocals in terms of screaming, and all of a sudden, people heard that, were like, Ok, there's a bendy guitar note and a scream, Modest Mouse!" Perhaps guitarist David Klein summed up their music best saying "our main goal is to rock so hard one of us faints."On the new release you can hear a maturity in terms of songwriting and arrangements with the band employing more acoustics such as the mandolin, banjo, and cello. Birdmonster and producer Schick may have toned it down a bit this time, but they still have a powerful passion evident in the single "Born To Be Your Man". It's a great song and picking up some airplay, which may help Birdmonster finally take flight into the public consciousness.
If you want to catch them on tour, you'll have to travel from Indy a bit. They are in Chicago October 24th at The Abbey Pub and Newport, KY near Cincinnati on October 27th at the Southgate House. The rest of their tour is available on their web site Birdmonstermusic.com.
From the Mountain to the Sea
Born To Be Your Man
New Country
If you want to catch them on tour, you'll have to travel from Indy a bit. They are in Chicago October 24th at The Abbey Pub and Newport, KY near Cincinnati on October 27th at the Southgate House. The rest of their tour is available on their web site Birdmonstermusic.com.
From the Mountain to the Sea
Born To Be Your Man
New Country
No Midnight
Cause You Can
Balcony
Birdmonster
Resurrection Song
Also, check out the video for The Iditarod:
Enjoy, GB
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