For immediate release:
November 12, 2021
KILLS BIRDS
SHARE SOPHOMORE ALBUM
MARRIED
OUT NOW
VIA KRO RECORDS / ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS
KILLS BIRDS TO PLAY SEVERAL TOUR DATES WITH FOO FIGHTERS
PLAYING THE GREAT ESCAPE'S FIRST FIFTY ON NOVEMBER 18
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"Their sophomore album Married (out Nov. 12, recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606) is the unapologetic zinger we’ve all been waiting for. From first listen, it’s clear the only thing they’re killing is any chance of anonymity." |
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Today, LA-based incendiary rock band Kills Birds are sharing their sophomore album Married, out via their new label home KRO Records / Royal Mountain Records. The new album was recorded at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 by invitation of the man himself, and produced by Yves Rothman. The band are fresh off tour dates with Sleigh Bells and have recently confirmed several tour dates with Foo Fighters for 2021 and 2022. Kills Birds are also set to perform as part of The Great Escape’s First Fifty on November 18, the first round of the freshest and most exciting talent across the globe. Just this week, the band announced a headlining show at LA's Lodge Room to celebrate Married.
On the album release, the band says, "Married, our second LP, is an expansion and deepening of the instrumentation and themes of heartbreak we explored on our self-titled debut. But above all, it has become a document of our shared experience through the COVID-19 pandemic. Written and recorded at the apex of the uncertainty and unrest of that time, creating Married became our compass as we struggled to pick up the pieces. Its release doesn’t offer complete closure, as we are still collectively navigating the unchartered waters of a post-pandemic world, but it does bring us peace to know that we have something to give, and we are overwhelmed with gratitude to have this document to offer. Married is, at its core, about devotion. And its release cements our devotion to our music and to each other."
Kills Birds recently released their introspective and impassioned new single "Cough Up Cherries," leading up to today's album release. "Cough Up Cherries" arrived with an official video, directed by Brandon Somerhalder, that speaks directly to the new album, Married, with vocalist Nina Ljeti clothed in wedding dress and veil. We see home movies being filmed - a domestic, isolated life literally being put in a box (a TV screen), juxtaposed with ferocious live performance scenes.
WATCH: Kills Birds' "Cough Up Cherries" video on YouTube
"Glisten," the intense second single, was recently released, complete with a visualizer that pools the emotion and ever-climbing energetic fuzz that echos the insecurity that comes with expectations in a relationship. The confusion of love is embodied here -- love for others, and love for oneself.
WATCH: Kills Birds' "Glisten" video on YouTube
"Rabbit," the ferocious first single and opening track on Married is a storming and immediate declaration of intent from the LA-based band, a brutal and intense account of an abusive relationship struggling with power dynamics, oscillating between quiet and loud dynamics - both beautiful and aggressive, devastating and cathartic.
WATCH: Kills Birds' "Rabbit" video on YouTube
Led by LA-based and Canada-raised Nina Ljeti (who The LA Times deemed “L.A.’s most electrifying new rock singer”) and rounded out guitarist Jacob Loeb and bassist Fielder Thomas, Kills Birds have quickly been gaining momentum ever since. Their debut self-titled won fans at outlets like NPR, NYLON, The FADER, The New York Times, Paste Magazine, Chicago Tribune, as well as musicians like Kim Gordon, Hayley Williams of Paramore and Dave Grohl, the latter of which recently invited the band to join Foo Fighters in Mexico City the day after the album's release. Full dates are below.
Kills Birds' Married is out now via Royal Mountain Records and KRO Records. Stream it here and stay tuned for more from Kills Birds.
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Kills Birds 2021 + 2022 Tour Dates
Tour Dates with Foo Fighters:
11/13 - Hidalgo, MX - Tecate Pal Norte
12/02 - Las Vegas, NV - Park Theater
12/04 - Las Vegas, NV - Park Theater
12/07 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
12/09 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
03/15/22 - Mexico City, MX - Foro Sol (new date)
Solo tour dates:
11/18 - The Great Escape First Fifty (stream)
02/05/22 - Los Angeles - Lodge Room (headlining show)
05/09/22 - London, UK - Moth Club (Royal Mountain Records showcase w/ Gustaf)
05/10/22 - London, UK - Moth Club (Royal Mountain Records showcase w/ Gustaf)
05/11-14/22 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape
05/16/22 - Paris, FR - La French Escapade
05/17/22 - Brussels, BE - AB Club
05/19/22 - Hasselt, BE - MOD (Pukkelpop show)
05/20/22 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso (London Calling)
05/21/22 - Berlin, DE - Cassiopeia
05/22/22 - Hamburg, DE - Headcrash
05/24/22 - Cologne, DE - Blue Shell
05/25/22 - Rotterdam, NL - V11
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Tracklist for Married LP
1. Rabbit
2. Cough Up Cherries
3. Natalie
4. Glisten
5. Reasoning
6. Offside
7. Woman
8. PTL
9. Good Planning
10. Wallowing
11. Married
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Praise for the self-titled debut album: |
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"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." |
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"This fledgling Los Angeles quartet led by Bosnian-born singer Nina Ljeti doesn't waste any time on its combustible 26-minute debut album." |
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"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." |
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"Nina Ljeti's voice sits right at the center of Kills Birds' taut, blustery sound: Raspy and direct, it blurts, chatters and shouts with commanding intensity. On Kills Birds' self-titled debut, the band works double-time to conjure huge, booming sounds to match Ljeti's intensity — most notably in the form of Jacob Loeb's massive storm-cloud guitar riffs, which billow menacingly around her." |
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"bleeds with stark confidence, primitive guitars and grating lead vocals, and it embodies the slightly threatening but ultimately exhilarating swagger that you get from spitting on the concrete or gleefully launching into a mosh pit." |
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“Kills Birds Is The Rock Band We Need Right Now: Kills Birds illustrates explosive and gritty rock on the cusp of a new punk explosion." |
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