French experimental punk / hardcore trio, Birds In Row have been at the forefront of their genre for a decade. Their lauded 2012 debut You, Me & the Violence released on Deathwish Inc. rocketed them from Laval-based unknowns to the world’s stage. Their exceptional 2018 follow up We Already Lost the World was an unyielding inferno of brazen ideas. It screamed for mutual respect in a world of increasingly extreme political divides, and used the vehicles of punk, post-hardcore and post-metal to carry its cries.
Sonically, they’re fearless. Lyrically, they’re as poetic as they are recusant. And live, they’re a ruthless force, matching the power of their music with boundless, must-see energy.
Today they return with an immediate and genre-bending epic, ‘Water Wings’. Its scraping guitar strums a ticking clock, counting down to the inevitable barrage of hardcore to follow. Of the single, Birds In Row tell, “The dreams that are imposed on us – of social success, accomplishment or, even, the vision of what happiness is – does not consider who we are or where we’re from. Those dreams aren’t ours, but are inherently ours. Being ourselves means struggling against these dreams that have been forced onto us.”
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“Water Wings” comes alongside the news that the band have signed with Red Creek Recordings (founded by Johannes Persson of Cult of Luna and Alexis Sevenier from ORA Management) to release their third studio album later this Fall. Birds In Row have also announced a full October/November European tour. See below for a full list of dates. For more info go here… stay tuned for more.
Birds In Row Live Dates:
* w/ Cult of Luna
Sep 30 – Vitry-sur-Seine (FR) – Festi’Val de Marne
Oct 01 – Rouen (FR) – Le 106
Oct 02 – Esch-sur-Alzette (LU) – Rockhal *
Oct 03 – Cologne (DE) – Live Music Hall *
Oct 04 – Geneve (CH – Alhambra *
Oct 05 – Toulouse (FR) – Le Metronum *
Oct 06 – Biarritz (FR) – Atabal *
Oct 07 – Barcelona (ES) – AMFest *
Oct 08 – Madrid (ES) – But *
Oct 09 – Porto (PT) – Ampli Fest *
Oct 11 – Nantes (FR) – Stereolux *
Oct 12 – Lille (FR) – Aeronef *
Oct 13 – Strasbourg (FR) – La Laiterie *
Oct 14 – Zwolle (NL) – Hedon *
Oct 15 – Leipzig (DE) – Felsenkeller *
Oct 16 – Wroclaw (PL) – A2 *
Oct 17 – Budapest (HU) – Durer Kert *
Oct 18 – Prague (CZ) – Underdogs *
Oct 20 – Berlin (DE) – Urban Spree
Oct 21 – Dortmund (DE) – Trompete
Oct 22 – Darmstadt (DE) – Oettinger Villa
Oct 23 – Neunkirchen (DE) – Stummschen Reithalle
Oct 27 – Bordeaux (FR) – Le Krakatoa
Oct 28 – Alençon (FR) – La Luciole
Nov 03 – Amiens (FR) – La Lune des Pirates
Nov 04 – Belfort (FR) – La Poudrière
Nov 05 – Annecy (FR) – Le Brise Glace
Nov 09 – Bruxelles (BE) – Le Botanique
Nov 10 – Haarlemn (NL) – Patronaat
Nov 11 – Leeuwarden (NL) – Neushoorn
Nov 12 – Nijmegen (NL) – Merleyn
Nov 17 – Poitiers (FR) – Le Confort Moderne
Nov 18 – Vannes (FR) – L’Echonova
Nov 19 – Quimper (FR) – Novomax
Nov 23 – Fribourg (CH) – Fri-Son
Nov 24 – Metz (FR) – Les Trinitaires
Nov 25 – Tours (FR) – Le Bateau Ivre
Nov 26 – Paris (FR) – Le Trabendo
Dec 09 – Angoulême (FR) – La Nef
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