[Repost from The Shrieking Fox Punk; April 2, 2025]
Pressed on particularly polished purple vinyl, the sophomore album from Kicking Bird has dropped. Should you be excited? Hell yeah! This record comes via Fort Lowell Records.
Buzzing indie rock, crisp interwoven vocals, and catchy lyrics are all what grabbed me immediately. I’ll be honest, it takes a lot to wow me these days, but if I hear something that reminds me of those early morning commutes to college with my favorite indie rock station playing, I’m glued in. THIS album very well could have been in that mix of jams fifteen years ago. It could be in that mix nowadays for my workday drives. In fact, I should recommend this to my DJ friends at the station…
The guitar work here is fun. The distortion and effects are a nice blend of indie and psyche, with tiny hints of garage. Vocally, like I said before, we are treated to different mixes of woven layers, and it’s quite good. It’s a blast to rock out to.
If you’re a fan of the Breeders, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, and early Black Mountain, this is for you. Like, shit, this is really good. Again, it grabbed me pretty quickly. You’ll see what I mean when you give this a spin.
Fucking jam on!
