Kills Birds announce 2020 tour dates and are official SXSW band

For immediate release:

LOS ANGELES-BASED BAND

KILLS BIRDS

ANNOUNCE 2020 TOUR DATES

AND ARE OFFICIAL SXSW BAND

For guest list and interview opportunities, contact: [email protected]

SELF-TITLED DEBUT LP

OUT NOW VIA KRO RECORDS

Photo credit: @cowboycrush

"The debut album from Kills Birds is a furious, fuzzy bombshell...The album's rumbling, squealing opening track is the perfect soundtrack to 100 beers spilling on the floor of a dark rock club."

"This fledgling Los Angeles quartet led by Bosnian-born singer Nina Ljeti doesn't waste any time on its combustible 26-minute debut album."

"Kills Birds has already pulled off the rare feat of making a confrontational rock record with the kind of buzz reserved for emerging pop acts... Watching Kills Birds onstage, it's hard not to be taken in and shaken up."

LISTEN & SHARE LP: KILLS BIRDS - KILLS BIRDS

WATCH & SHARE: KILLS BIRDS - " VOLCANO"

WATCH & SHARE: KILLS BIRDS - " WORTHY GIRL"

WATCH & SHARE: KILLS BIRDS " JESUS DID"

LA-based band, Kills Birds are taking their wild live show to more cities in 2020, and they're also an official SXSW band this year. LA Times says, " Watching Kills Birds onstage, it's hard not to be taken in and shaken up." Kim Gordon has called the music "hot as f*ck," and Reggie Watts has been urging his fans to listen, while Buzzbands LA has pointed people towards the next live show, saying they are sure to put on "a hell of a show."

They sold out their release show in September at Bootleg Theater to celebrate their first LP. The band also just played their first festival, and according to LA Times , " It almost certainly will not be their last big festival set." LA Times also noted Nina Ljeti's vocal performance, saying, " You could see echoes of iconic frontpeople like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O or even Joy Division's Ian Curtis in the way she writhed and stabbed the air onstage, moving like a wick on a smoking firecracker."

The band recently released their self-titled, debut album via KRO Records, with a new video for " Volcano. " Produced by Justin Raisen (Marisa Nadler, Angel Olsen, Yves Tumor), KILLS BIRDS includes the previously released singles, "Worthy Girl," " Jesus Did " and " Ow , " along with six more incendiary tracks.

Buzzbands LA says:

"The album is 26 minutes of exposed nerves. Ljeti's speak-singing builds to primal caterwauls, then recedes again. The music's paroxysms open a vein to her inner frustrations, even if they are only opaquely described in the lyrics. It's visceral and physical music - as led by somebody who didn't know punk rock until one fateful night after she watched "American Idol" (stay tuned for that story)."

KILLS BIRDS 2020 TOUR DATES

Feb 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers

Feb 25 - San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop

Feb 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge*

Feb 28 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress*

Feb 29 - Las Vegas, NV @ Triple Bs*

Mar 1 - Long Beach, CA @ Alex's Bar*

Mar 3 - Oakland, CA @ New Parish*

Mar 5- Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey*

Mar 6 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir*

Mar 7- Bend, OR @ Volcanic*

Mar 8 - Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield*

Mar 10 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium*

Mar 11 - Fresno, CA @ Strummers*

Mar 12 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up*

Mar 13-22 - Austin, TX @ SXSW

Mar 22 - Dallas, TX @ Not so Fun Weekend

Mar 25-29 - Boise, ID - @Treefort Festival

* with Hot Snakes

Photo credit: Michelle Laine

Kills Birds began as a secret project between vocalist Nina Ljeti - an award-winning Bosnian-Canadian filmmaker, now living in L.A. - and guitarist Jacob Loeb but in 2017, evolved into a full-fledged band with the addition of Fielder Thomas (bass) and Bosh Rothman (drums). They immediately drew attention for their electrifying live performances, their jagged guitar-driven melodies and slow-burning dynamics made even more explosive by Ljeti's urgent lyricism and raw stage presence. Among the band's earliest fans was producer - and KRO Records founder - Justin Raisen, who not only signed Kills Birds to his growing label roster, but opted to produce their remarkable debut album as well. Recorded nearly live over an intense eight-hour session, KILLS BIRDS expertly captures the band's on-stage energy, its feral, unfettered power fueled throughout by the extraordinary intensity of Ljeti's striking songcraft.

" The album is very personal," Ljeti says. " As a whole, it has no concept, but each song is reflective of what I struggled with, and continue to struggle with. Feelings of insecurity, anxiety, inadequacy, and ultimately love. Love is the main driving force behind everything I create."

" The instrumentation helps clarify those feelings," she continues. " When Jacob and I write, Jacob is able to understand what I'm feeling, and he uses the instrumentation to elevate the piece to a whole new level. He honors the words and challenges me to find the best method of expression. His contribution is brave- he works without ego to benefit the emotion of the song. Same goes with Fielder and Bosh. Completing the puzzle. We are all emotional beings. And we struggle with what everyone struggles with. Our ultimate goal is to stay true to that, no matter what. We play together because we crave honesty, and we want to do justice to love in all its forms."

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