Bird Names - Metabolism: A Salute to the Energy of the Sun

The latest release by the fringe pop outfit Bird Names is another bright star in their galaxy of offerings.  The album, Metabolism: A Salute to the Energy of the Sun, was created meticulously over the course of many moons and spiritual awakenings in sunny Chicago, IL.  The band is a duo, of sorts, comprised of Phelan LaVelle & David Lineal, though a cast of good souls have helped them along their travels.  Recently making Athens, GA their home, they explore a pop sound that touches as much on the naïve as it does the borders of avant-experimentation.  Their new album, mastered by Griffin Rodriguez (Icy Demons, Beirut, Band of Horses), is a lo-fi, boundary-pushing, pop experiment in the vein of the Beach Boys’ Smile. It is a fully-realized reflection on the sun and the fount of organic energy, or human energies, as the speech of the sun.  "One of the most well-crafted, unique, and far-out pop albums in recent years. " -- Tiny Mix Tapes "The album is bookended by two tracks that could easily be in any Magic Band set" -- Drowned in Sound

Tracklisting:

1. Kiss My Ring
2. The Beach at the Lake
3. Grow Each Other
4. Welcome to the Ghost Age
5. Phantoms & Fortunes
6. Apollo
7. Descend
8. My Baby’s a Lady
9. Metabolism
10. Dust You Come
11. OK, Another Windless Day
12. Their Impermanent Occasion
13. Tell Me, Son

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