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Birdeatsbaby

Alternative Rock

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“Sweetheart, my darling, slightly charming, wrap me in nettles and thorns.”

Classically inspired, with their own brand of progressive freak-punk, Birdeatsbaby have created a sound that can only be described as “a bunch of spurned Sunday-school teachers exacting their musical revenge“.

The Brighton based quartet have gone from strength to strength since forming in November 2007 – self-releasing their debut album Here She Comes-a-Tumblin’, touring extensively in the UK and Europe and creating three music videos, each one as beautiful as they are different (and each directed by drummer Philippa Bloomfield).

Unlike any other band in sound and appearance, Birdeatsbaby have an almost complete disregard for current musical trends and fashions, encouraging their followers to break away from the norm and share their strange world, where lead singer Mishkin adopts various parodies of society, going from God-fearing sinner to sex-addict to domestic victim, throughout the bizarre but beautiful songs.

Hitchcock inspired and lyrically indecent, “the birds” are an odd but unforgettable group, working hard to build a direct connection with their fans, sharing their thoughts and passion for original music through online social networks and during live performances.

Not for everyone’s taste, like strong coffee (or absinthe), the birds are coming to a stage near you… so come see for yourself… and be ready.

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Sad News From The Nest

27 Jul 2010 05:18 PM

Dear birds, As some of already know about this news I'm sure it will come as no surprise, but we felt it was time to make an official statement. Ella our beloved cello player is no longer with us She is now pursuing a teaching career (music teaching of course) and simply will not have the time it takes to be in such a busy band. While we parted very amicably, we will miss her terribly and wish her all the best for the future. So, if you happen to be in school, and your new music teacher has a devilish glint in her eye, and looks pretty sexy. Then it just might be, THE CHEZ... We will however be keeping very much in touch with Chezzer and she may well reappear in band goings on, but for now, she has flown the nest and will be appearing in a school near you. So... what next? Initially we thought we would look for another cellist/singer but have decided that it is probably best if we continue as a four-piece, mix a few things round and, well, learn how to use a micro-Korg. Await a new sound as we head to America next year to record our new album. If you want to catch us with our new line-up (and new look) come along to the Secret Garden Party next weekend! We play at the Feast of Fools stage on Saturday 24th, buy tickets HERE http://www.seetickets.com/secretgardenparty2009/price.asp?code=410025&filler1=see&filler2=multisee before it sells out! More (happier) news on the new EP (out in October), songbook (so nearly finished) and upcoming tourdates (with BITTER RUIN) soon. Love & Feathers, Birdeatsbaby x

Birdes Fly To America!

13 Jun 2010 10:39 PM

Dearest Birds, You may want to sit down for this blog, it’s a big one. Our biggest news ever in fact… Birdeatsbaby are proud to announce we will be going to America!! …to record our next full length album with award winning producer Jason Rubal. http://www.myspace.com/jasonrubal His production facility in Pennsylvania is one of the best, and many AMAZING artists have benefited from his skills. Namely friends of ours Bitter Ruin who had their incredible album recorded by Jason early this year. If you haven’t heard it, you can check them out here... http://www.myspace.com/bitterruin Our trip to America will be happening in February 2011, but we begin pre-production this November… Too long to wait? Fear not. Our new EP is due for release in September and sounding mighty fine. More news on that later though! Anyway, here is a little bit about Jason… Jason freelances from a multi-million dollar studio where the clients include Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins, Aretha Franklin, and all six major labels. His private facility, Seventh Wave is where he develops and produces artists of his choice one at a time. From there he has worked with six record labels and his artists have been on the NIN World Tour, Lollapalooza Tour, Vans Warped Tour, Halo Star World Tour and others. He has worked in capacity with members of The Dresden Dolls, The Cure, Killswitch Engage, and has charted #1 on CMJ (Ben Folds took the #2 spot). Jason has developed a big name for himself in the underground world of music by working on successful records from artists on the fringes of the mainstream. He is best known for getting a raw sound and grabbing the emotion in the room. His records are described as "flawless without sounding too perfect" and for this reason he gets booked a year in advance with some of the hottest bands from around the world. As you can imagine, we are more than a little bit excited! In fact, you can see how we feel by the picture you can see. We plan on playing a couple of shows out there if we can manage it too, so if anyone on the East Coast is up for putting on a show, get in touch by emailing us back here! http://www.birdeatsbaby.co.uk/contact.php In other news, the shows with Richard Kapp & Bitter Ruin over the bank holiday were great fun, thanks to all of you who made it! ☺ You can read Richard’s blog on his visit to the UK here http://www.richardkapp.com/ The next month will be dominated by writing, practicing and planning…mwahahahahahaha. Then we hit the road again. Look for us at The Secret Garden Party! Till then, ta ta birdies, love & feathers, The Birds xxx www.myspace.com/birdeatsbaby http://www.facebook.com/birdeatsbaby http://twitter.com/birdeatsbaby

VIDEO RELEASE

07 Feb 2010 05:37 PM

Dear beautiful and oh-so-patient birdies… IT. HAS. ARRIVED. “I Always Hang Myself With The Same Rope”… The Music Video is finally here, and it looks... AMAZING! Directed by our own drummer Miss Philippa Bloomfield, we bring you the third music video from Birdeatsbaby… A Hitchcock inspired story about how a tiff between a married couple ends in murder... CAST OF CHARACTERS: Mishkin - Upset Housewife Garry - Angry Husband Keely - Sympathetic Receptionist Philippa - Gossipy Cleaner with a dark streak... Ella - Missing Girl CLICK HERE TO VIEW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2F8ZzjW610 Director: Philippa Bloomfield DOP: Steve Glashier Art Director: Samuel Waters Editor: Philippa Bloomfield & Richard Bruce Grading: Richard Bruce With many many thanks to Matthew Hickens, Sam Edwards, Tim Rendle, Gianluca Fallone, James Willis and everyone else who helped out and lent us stuff! Rather amusing out-takes will be available soon... ENJOY! Love from the birds xxxxx

Teasers and Tracks

28 Jan 2010 04:43 PM

Hello Birds, we haven’t blogged in a while, how remiss of us. We trust that you had as much fun over the holiday period as we did? We have gone underground a little lately, but fear not, we are formulating new plans for world domination. We will let you in on a few secrets, but not all of them, or you might take over for yourselves! Our next music video in is the FINAL stages of production and set for release on 3rd February! Just a few more days to wait, but we thought we’d reward your patience with these two beautiful pictures of Mish and Gerry (By Steve Glashier, check photo gallery) taken from the shoot, and also a FREE TRACK here... http://birdeatsbaby.bandcamp.com/ The FREE TRACK is a cover of Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘Aeroplane over the Sea’, sung by Keely McDonald from the band. Recorded in ONE take, through ONE mic, with ONE man, Jimmy Cairney (Bobby Mgees), in his bedroom for part of a compilation: ‘Twee by the Sea Vol.1’… You can download this track for free at rawrip, myspace or bandcamp. Enjoy! http://www.rawrip.com/as_main.php?aid=51512 http://www.myspace.com/birdeatsbaby http://birdeatsbaby.bandcamp.com/ We shall be in touch for the release of our new music video in just a few days… till then, love & feathers, Keely et le birds xxxxx

Treat 5, FREE song download, and albums available for pre order

06 May 2009 11:56 PM

We have a new song just for you for a few different reasons it didn't go on the album, it didn't quite fit, and there was the fact that Ella kept singing 'Crazy' over the chords (She's a Brittney fan). So here it is, enjoy. Get it here... http://www.rawrip.com/birdeatsbaby or here... http://birdeatsbaby.bandcamp.com/ or even here... http://www.myspace.com/birdeatsbaby Anyway, we are loosing sleep and hair over here at the nest. We're frantically booking dates for out european tour, and its starting to look pretty good. Our albums are pressed and ready to go, and out t-shirts are selling like veritable hot-cakes of coolness! You can get both here, at out fancy merch page... http://www.birdeatsbaby.co.uk/merchandise.html Pre-order your albums (and a fancy CD+t-shirt package) now We've been getting some lovely reviews lately, I shall be posting them soon, we also had a play on Radio 6 Tom Robinson's Introducing Show (we want to have Radio 6's babies). And finally...our album launch party is set for the 30th of May. It is going to be one hell of a bash, so if you can make it down to The Marlborough Theatre (4 Prince's st. Brighton), come on! Tickets will be on sale soon. Phew, thats all for now Birds. Keely

Treat no. 4 Birdeatsbaby T-Shirts for pre-order.	27 Apr 2009 07:10 PM
This one is a good'un Birds. We have T-Shirts in the pipeline, you can check them out at www.myspace.com/birdeatsbaby They are very sexy indeed, be the envy of all your friends for a mere £10. You, too can be one of the few to say, 'What this? Yeah I got this classic Birdeatsbaby t-shirt AGES ago. Do you live in a tree? They're awesome!' They will be available on 20th May (hopefully!)

Come On Down To The Latest Bar

19 Apr 2009 09:52 PM

Hello Birds, another gig to look forward to. This time its at the newly named The Latest Bar (previously The Joogleberry) we will be joined by not one, but two wonderful bands, Gentlemen Starkey and Trousseaux. Tickets available here: http://www.ents24.com/web/event/1699405/Birdeatsbaby.html BIRDEATSBABY : "Utterly fragile and the insanely strange. This is Nick Cave and Tom Waits in a Brighton-girly-grotesque-rehab-center and it’s great!" - Zynne.com GENTLEMAN STARKEY : "With organs set to "spooky" and a frontman who sounds like he gargles Johnnie Walker, Gentleman Starkey fire out unhinged garage rock with sweaty aplomb" - Q Magazine TROUSSEAUX : "Reminiscent of Bertolt Brecht and the music that birthed from his verfremdungseffekt" - One80news Hopefully see you there xxxx

Third Treat: The Trouble... Single release and Music Video

02 Apr 2009 10:25 PM

Dear Birds, Our FIRST MUSIC VIDEO is…. here. The excitement can be contained no longer! Created and directed by Philippa Bloomfield and with many, many, many thanks to the guys at Nothing To See Here Productions, Brighton – we are in constant debt of cookies and wine to you! Without any further ado: The Trouble Started… If the video doesn't work for any reason, copy and paste this into your browser bar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjuBV4NbCng You can also now purchase a download of the song (which will be featured on the album) from rawrip here http://www.rawrip.com/birdeatsbaby for your listening pleasure, and please please please tell everyone you know about the video! And tell us what you think, we love your feedback! In other news, we play The Latest Bar, Brighton on 22nd April with the darkly fabulous Trousseaux, “Anglo-French-Antipodean collaboration designed to please your ear and devastate your soul” and the gypsy country/blues of Gentleman Starkey - "With organs set to "spooky" and a frontman who sounds like he gargles Johnnie Walker, Gentleman Starkey fire out unhinged garage rock with sweaty aplomb" (Q Magazine) It’s going to be a stunning show, and we have a new opening song (if it comes together in time) so don’t miss out… buy tickets here. We also got a review of our China Doll EP from tuned-out.com, thanks to Chet Lewis, you can read it here. In the meantime, spread the word that the album is coming! And pray that we can get everything together in time! Love & Feathers, Birdeatsbaby x

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