Birds in Row

Birds in Row

Birds in Row live in April 2011
Background information
Origin Laval, France
Genres
Years active 2009 (2009)–present
Labels
Website www.birdsinrow.com
Members
  • B.
  • T.
  • Q.
Past members
  • D.

Birds in Row is a French hardcore punk band that formed in 2009 and is composed of three unnamed members. The band signed to Deathwish Inc. in 2011 and released their debut album You, Me & the Violence in 2012. Their lyrics are in English.

History

Birds in Row formed in Laval, France in 2009. Two of the members formed Birds in Row one week after their previous band split up, and recorded their first song one week after that.[2] The group chose the name because birds are able to fly around freely, however, "they very often decide to fly as a group or land on wires in a row. So, this for us represents how people could chose to be free, but always end up following their fellows to feel comfortable."[3] They chose the name 'Birds in Row' over 'Birds in a Row' because it sounded better to the group.[2][3] They also chose to sing in English because they, "wanted to be understood by most of the people."[4]

The band's earliest releases include 2009's Rise of the Phoenix and 2010's Cottbus, two EPs released through Vitriol Records.[2][5] Birds in Row had begun writing their debut album in late 2011.[2] Deathwish Inc. showed interest in reissuing their Cottbus EP, but the band offered the album they had been working on the time instead.[4] Birds in Row's signing was announced in November 2011,[5] and they finished recording their debut album by January 2012.[6] Also in January 2012, Vitriol reissued the group's early EPs as a compilation titled Collected.[7]

Birds in Row toured the United States with Loma Prieta in March 2012[8] and with Touché Amoré, Defeater and Code Orange Kids in April 2013.[9] A music video for the song "Pilori" was released in June 2012,[10] and Birds in Row's debut album You, Me & the Violence was released on September 4, 2012.[11] Also in 2012, the band toured Europe with Converge and Rise and Fall in August,[12] and the UK in December.[13] Along with Glass Cloud and Rebuker, Birds in Row opened for The Chariot during their final tour in October/November 2013.[14]

In 2014, the Birds in Row posted a Facebook update explaining that the band had broken up, only to delete the post shortly after leading to confusion about the state of the band. They released a follow-up statement that explained Birds in Row was going through some changes and had not broken up.[15] Birds in Row later elaborated that the band was going through a "pretty brutal" line-up change.[16] Citing both an interest in learning to perform together with the new line-up and wanting to pay tribute to the people and labels who helped them achieve their level of success, the band decided to release a series of EPs and split releases in lieu of full-length follow-up to You, Me & the Violence.[16][17] Among these releases includes the EP Personal War to be released through Deathwish[18] and a split release with WAITC — who are also from Laval, France — to be released through the French label Throatruiner Records.[19]

Members and identity

Birds in Row is a three-piece rock band with a guitarist/vocalist, a bassist and a drummer. The faces of the members are intentionally cropped out of promotional photographs and music videos, and the original individual members were usually only referred to by the single letter initials: B, D or T.[3] Birds in Row consciously make this effort in order to appear as a single entity rather than three individuals.[4] The band commented, "It's not about some individuals, but songs, ideas, points of view that our three lives have in common. So as we've been asked for promo pics for several reasons, we decided to crop them so all you can see is a band."[4] In 2014, the band went through a lineup change and D was replaced by Q.[16][20]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

EPs

Music videos

References

  1. ↑ Ranjanathan, Branan (21 October 2015). "Birds In Row - Personal War". Exclaim!. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cohen, Joshua T. (June 28, 2012). "Birds in Row Interview". BlowTheScene.com. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Macomber, Shawn (January 2013). "Birds in Row: French Trio Will Make You Say 'Fucking A'". Decibel (Red Flag Media Inc.) (99): 18. ISSN 1557-2137.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Dand, Rob (June 25, 2012). "Interview: Birds in Row". SideOneTrackOne. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Yancey, Bryne (November 17, 2011). "Birds In Row join Deathwish Inc.; new release planned for 2012". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (January 30, 2012). "Birds In Row perform 'Outro' live". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ Paul, Aubin (December 16, 2011). "Media: Birds in Row: 'A Kid Called Dreamer'". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (February 15, 2012). "Loma Prieta, Birds In Row (Deathwish Inc.) announce tour". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (March 6, 2012). "Touche Amore, Defeater announce tour with Code Orange Kids, Birds In Row". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (June 5, 2012). "Birds In Row (Deathwish Inc.) announce new album, release video". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  11. ↑ Paul, Aubin (August 22, 2012). "Media: Birds in Row: 'Police & Thieves'". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  12. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (March 27, 2012). "Converge announce European tour". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  13. ↑ Flynn, John (October 31, 2012). "Tours: Birds in Row (UK)". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  14. ↑ Kraus, Brian (August 21, 2013). "The Chariot announce farewell tour dates with Glass Cloud, Rebuker, Birds In Row and To The Wind". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Birds In Row: 'We are still a band'". Lambgoat. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  16. 1 2 3 "Interview: Birds In Row (April 2015)". Punktastic. April 9, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  17. ↑ Booth, Mitch (January 21, 2015). "Interviews: Colossvs' Lochlan Watt interviews French tour buddies Calvaiire and Birds in Row". Metal Obsession. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  18. 1 2 "Personal War - Birds in Row". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  19. 1 2 Hill, John (September 11, 2015). "Enter Hell With Birds In Row and WAITC with This Two Track Premiere". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  20. ↑ Le Blévec, Yoan (March 12, 2015). "Paye ta tournée!" [Pay your tour!]. Tranzistor (in French). Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  21. ↑ Bazley, John (September 20, 2015). "Birds In Row (Deathwish Inc.) stream 'Weary' from upcoming album". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  22. ↑ Solomon, Blake (October 21, 2015). "Birds In Row Release New Video". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved October 25, 2015.

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