NYC, early 80's Punk, B.J.M., John Cage, Velvet Underground, Ravi, Dylan, Doors, Bowie, Lennon, Stones, Kerouac & the Beats, Blake, Rimbaud, Warhol, Basquiat, Pollock, Billy Name, Frusciante, Beck, Dali', Paris, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Neil Young, James Brown (and the dance party), Syd, Miles Davis, Hunter S. Thompson, John Hennesey...
Sounds Like
HEAVYBIRDS
Debut record "Sounds of the American Underground" is now available through itunes and amazon.com...click icon below to purchase lp
"Enfolded in fuzz and strident, distorted guitar, Heavy Birds’ music on “Sounds of the American Underground” also has delicate elements of soft vocals, weeping cello and acoustic guitar that create a dark, intimate atmosphere. The instruments and noise take different forms in songs, as layers build cacophonous complexity or breezy, blissed-out sweetness. Evoking musical similarities alternatively reminiscent of Jesus and the Mary Chain, The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones, the band still claims its own musical territory with varied song structures and charismatic attitude." - Nancy Chow (Deli Magazine)
"Evocatively despondent chants eclipsed by intense guitars and resolute cello sonatas.” – CMJ
"Alt/punksters with a heavy yet minimalist shoegaze feel - early Modest Mouse fans take notice" - Whatever Blog
We trust it was circa 67' or conceived in 07', but management often lies. We suspect it was closer to the time of Adam & Eve, but far from the apple. Bartok was a man (we assume) and so was Rimbaud, and they were captives of this world, or the world to them? and so are we.
We met, fell in love, and decided to play music - together, asking: "How does one hear?" You might remember in a dream or in a political document found in a desk drawer. You might have imagined another, and together have found that the world looks the same through 28.5% of the people's eyes, like a painting of McGovern.
Dylan, Ginsberg, they were words, but it's all the same...blues, jazz, rock, tribal, classical, folk, sounds of the underground. We are cherubs, carriers of words and sounds. Innocence is pure emotion, while knowledge may be evil. So, why the earth, religion, science, class, figure-heads? We need them? Like a whole in our heads!
We'll live, then the music may run dry from our fingers (or not), but it will most likely carry on in others, through gaps between the spaces between in-between the gaps, 'cause the cycle always begins again. In fact we believe it has...enjoy the sounds.
Im sorry we fell out of touch, but finally I got a normal phone( whatever that means) I was hoping to move out to NYC but oppurtunity pulled me to LA. Will u forgive me? I love u both and long for the day when we will meet again :)
Ahhh, comment leads to comment. Very tricky, but very smaaht. Love the new tracks (dark sounding) and re-recordings (polished). I want to visit you guys soon. Even if it is only for a day, maybe with my brother in tow...
