Damn, this is good. These songs are some dark combo of dream pop, powerpop and straight pop rock, at least that’s how it hits me. It’s catchy as hell but still nagging in that it contains a sort of antagonistic darkness and sorrow underneath the trippy pop feel. The contrast seemingly some twisted sense of spite in the face of the impermanence waiting for us all. Yeah I’m stoned, but these songs are magical and will take you somewhere else, maybe not the same place/s they took me, but somewhere else, and that’s what great, authentic music does. Excellent.
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Early comparisons have been made to Yuck, The Pains of Being Pure Heart, Cleaners from Venus, The Martinis and Adorable.
“We definitely have the songs and I’m hoping to release some of them before Dear Boy starts touring again in the fall," adds Grey. "Regardless of when, there will be more music from The Birthdays. It’s too much fun to not keep doing.”
The Birthdays are finishing up songs for their debut EP and are currently planning their very first live dates. Let’s call it late spring. Invitations to follow. Additionally, Dear Boy will be releasing their debut full length with Last Gang Records & Day Wave is working on a follow up to 2020’s Crush EP.
- Joe Pugsley