ARTiST: Birdwatchers of America
ALBUM: There Have Been Sightings
BiTRATE: 154kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Raise Giant Frogs
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 62.65 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 40min 06sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-12-25
STORE DATE: 2008-11-01
Track List:
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01. One of the Very Last Sightings 0:19
02. Rain Down The Chimes 5:15
03. It's Recordings Like These 0:12
04. Ashes of the Sun 5:55
05. Fooled in These Dense Woods 0:14
06. The Boy Emperor and G.I. Joe 4:57
07. Back to the Canoes 0:10
08. Save the Berlin Wall Committee 6:40
Blues
09. Call From Virginia 6:59
10. The Secret Study Area 0:04
11. Going Down to Paterson 4:26
12. My Stolen Bird 4:39
13. Does the Bird Exist or Not? 0:16
Release Notes:
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What shines in Birdwatchers of America, as their debut full-length "There Have
Been Sightings" (Raise Giant Frogs, 2008) testifies, is a vintage pop
sensibility with rough-hewn edges and loopy frills, equal parts Big Star and
Radiohead, Wilco and the Pixies.
"The music industry is in shambles, and we have grown up a bit. The whole
concept of 'making it big' sounds a little ridiculous in this era, unless you're
on reality TV, earning your fifteen minutes of shame," says Hutton. "Our main
goal with this recording was to make the record we would most want to listen to
ourselves, regardless of who will hear it. As soon as you stop thinking about
the music as a means to some other success, and more as an end in itself, you
have the freedom to be as creative and genre-bending as you like. A harpsichord
solo over pedal steel? Why not? How about glockenspiel over fuzz bass? We just
had fun producing the record."
And why "Birdwatchers of America"? "It's the least 'cool' thing you could
imagine, like something your grandmother does," says Hutton. "But if you think
about it, what could be cooler? Maybe grandma was on to something."