Home Is Where Band

i became birds, by Home Is Where

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josiah gardella - drums
trace george - guitar
brandon macdonald - tantrum, harmonica, singing saw
connor "fat slaps" o'brien - bass

you are all my best friend,
you always have been.
home is where forever

With I Became Birds, Florida’s Home Is Where push their unique blend of whirlwind hardcore aggression and warm, open-hearted folksy melancholy to even further heights. Frontperson Brandon MacDonald’s Dylan-esque eccentricities are on full display here, from the occasional blast of harmonica (like on early standout “Long Distance Conjoined Twins” or the disaffected, despondency-soaked closer “The Old Country”) to their knack for abstractly evocative neurosis-as-poetry. But far from being a copycat act, Home Is Where’s wearily raw-throated aesthetic and dynamically vivid compositions feel idiosyncratic and vital. The bittersweet folk melodies seep deeply into the band’s DNA, adding an element of accessibility and immediate nostalgia to otherwise churning and angular song structures and sonic assaults. Vocals range from an intimate, gentle, and disarming croon to a full-bodied expectoration of the soul, oftentimes in the same song (like “Sewn Together from the Membrane of the Great Sea Cucumber,” which splits the difference between mournful, gothic post-punk and staccato-heeled screamo with aplomb). A devastating rhythm section and nimble, versatile, yet powerful guitar work assist with the record’s genre-bending, which ranges from maniacal chemical mixtures to gymnastic flips, twists, and turns. And yet, even amid the din, Home Is Where find ample time for hooks-- the oddball effervescence of lead single “Scientific Classification of Stingrays” and the shimmering, propulsive, delightfully off-kilter late-album stunner “Assisted Harakiri” are more than proof of that. Ultimately, I Became Birds shows Home Is Where hitting an early high-water mark. A brisk record-- six songs in roughly 17 minutes-- it never takes a dip in enthusiasm and inventiveness. Home Is Where’s inexhaustible creativity and restless energy is bound to serve them well, and I Became Birds is all the proof anyone needs.

 

Anyway, this is and the Joe Vann album are my favorite things I've heard so far this year.

 

Good stuff

 

their last ep is worth a listen too

its a bit more on the weirdo folk side of the spectrum than the skramzier stuff on the new ep

 

Extremely my shit

 

30 seconds in and this is already so Florida

 

ok wow "Assisted Harakiri"

 

I keep trying to listen to new tigers jaw but keep throwing this on again instead lol

 

This is excellent. Leagues ahead of the new "same ol, same ol" from Tigers Jaw.

 

Love this so much, great shit

 

Getting real Neutral Milk Hotel vibes from the vocals or just me?

I love it

 

That seems to be popular opinion in the emo thread

 

Excited to scope this

 

Cops are flammable if you try

 

As soon as the second song started, this was my thought

 

Ok I’m never going to stop listening to this

 

Trying to limit myself to 4 play throughs a day and no more

 

this is so fucking good lol

 

This fucking rips my goodness

 

Yes this is good

 

Punching the roof of my car to Assisted Harikiri currently and yes this fucking rules

 

This is pretty darn good

 

Just a heads up: (not that anyone did that here, but just posting as a general notice)

 

is there a vinyl for this?

 

Sadly they have only released it on digital and cassette.