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DOWNLOAD: Bird Names - Referents + Masters of Enjoyment

Posted Sep 2, 2008 2:00 PM by Christen Thomas

Tags: Christen Thomas, alternative, pop, indie

The Daily Herald said of Chicago's Bird Names, "this band makes the Fiery Furnaces sound like Phil Collins," which I thought might be one of the best compliments written about a band in the last 5 years.  It's true though, there is something so delightfully odd about Bird Names' newest release Open Relationship, it's hard to even come up with genres to explain what they're doing.  Like other animal named bands (Panda Bear, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear) these 4 kids sound like they're throwing noises and sounds into the air and it's only when those ideas are floating around that they come together in cohesive songs.  Like a vocal oom-pa band or an a capella fugue, "Referents" and "Masters of Enjoyment" are less records and more part of a sonic landscape it takes a whole album to create. 

Sounds Like: Animal Collective, Fiery Furnaces, Panda Bear, Au

Download: Bird Names - Referents

Download: Bird Names - Masters of Enjoyment

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