Though Brooklyn’s BIRDS began as a solo project for guitarist\/singer Duane Lauginiger, these days it’s a full band whose fun, upbeat brand of psych-rock meets pop music has had plenty of fans flocking towards them (sorry, I couldn’t resist). At just eight songs, it’s a quick listen, but a glorious one where dual gender vocals and influences from the ’60s and ’70s aid in the good times that occasionally bring to mind The Jesus & Mary Chain, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, or even Superchunk. <\/p>\n
‘See It All\u201d jumps right into the band’s trippy, hazy swirling melody where retro-rock and busy instrumentation collide with ’90s alt-rock \u00e0 la early Smashing Pumpkins. \u201cScatter\u201d follows and is a more spacey affair with a driving tempo and crashing percussion, fueling a more furious tune. Meanwhile, \u201cGet Away\u201d is on the jangly side of the equation and is a lo-fi rocker, resembling Sebadoh on steroids. <\/p>\n
At \u201cI Can’t Wait\u201d is when the songs get a bit longer, and with that come more textures and ideas to their creative mix. The cautious, moody, post-punk influence of \u201cFalling\u201d is a great example of this, as are the lovely dual gender vocal melodies of \u201cHome Home\u201d (with bassist\/singer Jessica Reynoza), which is also both lush and powerful. The final two tracks, \u201cEveryday\u201d and \u201cSlow Time,\u201d have the band flexing their experimental muscles with rich, unpredictable psych-rock that’s dreamy, spacey, and danceable. <\/p>\n
There’s just so much to enjoy here: endless hooks, a willingness to explore different ideas, riffs you won’t soon forget, and really strong, well thought out songwriting. For fans of colored wax, the vinyl version is a bright splatter version with a download code, and for those looking for the cassette option, that’s available, too, also with a download code. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10160],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45280","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-birds","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45280"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}