On Opaque Things
The best show I've ever been to. The Birdnames played at the Southern Californian equivalent to a NY Loft/Berlin Warehouse: a shitty two bedroom, fenced-in, stucco box underneath the Lindberg Field flight path, behind an auto body shop with an extremely aggressive dog and with the 94 (Martin Luther King) freeway practically passing through the kitchen. The opening fun-rock band (sorry, I forgot your name!!!) was accompanied by a secret society of Druids assisting audience members in funneling beers while breathing fire at the ceiling, causing general rowdiness and in-situ emergency escape route planning.
The Birdnames set up next to the wood pile under a small overhang in the backyard. They were extremely charismatic. They were wonderful. Their most striking musical signature was the persistent multi-part vocal arrangements so well documented in We want to be old. They reaffirmed the greatness of minimalist percussion and multi-instrument unison. They did it for love. They had ENTHUSIASM!
Birdnames - We Want to Be Old
Birdnames - The Indefinite Time Yet to Come
The Birdnames set up next to the wood pile under a small overhang in the backyard. They were extremely charismatic. They were wonderful. Their most striking musical signature was the persistent multi-part vocal arrangements so well documented in We want to be old. They reaffirmed the greatness of minimalist percussion and multi-instrument unison. They did it for love. They had ENTHUSIASM!
Birdnames - We Want to Be Old
Birdnames - The Indefinite Time Yet to Come
posted by David Readshaw Barclay at 2:05 PM
4 Comments:
We Want to Be Old === Pure greatness.
We Want To Be Old, it's like the Beach Boys in a garage...definitely moving me. thanks.
ps what album is WWtbo from?
it's from "On opaque things", but don't commit because i'm going to post more from a newer album.
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