Building Birds
Flint, MI | Established. Jan 01, 2014
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Press
Suddenly, they were being compared in online reviews to Radiohead, 18-time Grammy nominee and one of the most successful indie groups of all time. - My City Magazine
Winner of 2015 Best Local Band (Original Music) City's Choice Award! - My City Magazine
Flint, Michigan’s Building Birds Make Note-Perfect Stadium Rock - Deadly Music (Dublin, Ireland)
The band was amazing live. The solo’s were note for note and I honestly thought, this was one of the best Michigan bands I have EVER seen. - WMMQ
On this debut LP, newly formed Flint band Building Birds taps the sounds of mid-career Radiohead with success. - Metro Times - Detroit
Here is my official list for my favorite songs of 2015!
7. Elizabeth—Building Birds
28. All I Ever Need—Building Birds
88. Breathe—Building Birds - Phil Maq - WHFM
It was an incredible year for music! Once again, I listened to thousands of albums and I had to trim several hundred of them to keep the list at 100!
5. Swirling Among the Stars—Building Birds (BEST “BIG SOUND” ALBUM) - Phil Maq - WHFM
Discography
If A Tree Falls... (LP - 2015)
Swirling Among The Stars (LP - 2014)
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Bio
Hailing from the industry town of Flint, Michigan, alternative rock band Building Birds knows a thing or two about creating with passion.
The band’s music is a swaying tree of emotion that pushes and pulls the listener, both challenging them and soothing them. Feathers of reverb crash away as gusts of distortion hold them at arm’s length…just enough to convey urgency, but close enough to draw everything back together into a delicate embrace.
Vocalist/guitarist Ashley Peacock sings with a purposeful breath which at times evokes the ghost of Jeff Buckley. Bassist Johnny Mason performs with a rhythmic intention that drives and draws the melodies forward. Much as a poet moves a pen, guitarist Taylor VonBrockdorff plays with a sentiment that can shift from gentle to giant at any moment. Drummer Michelle McAuley hits with the competency of Motown’s finest to lock hands with the audience, to bring everyone out to the other side.
Reminiscent of alt melody champions such as The Bends era Radiohead, early U2, and even shoegazers My Bloody Valentine; Desire, despair, bliss, regret, and hope are all themes that weave themselves throughout the Building Birds catalog.
Imagine a watercolor being painted with sound…splashing, bleeding, blending, moving along the paper of your mind in tiny rivers of creation. Now, open your eyes, and realize that it actually happened…
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