 The band’s debut EP Misty Shrub, due January 22
on IAMSOUND Records, is receiving early critical buzz—Paste hails,
“It's this South-Central Americana-meets- Laurel Canyon vibe that first
grabs your attention listening to these songs” while NME praises the band’s “impressive harmonies,” and The Wild Honey Pie furthers they’re “dynamic.”
Misty Shrub was produced by James McAlister (known for his work with Sufjan Stevens), mixed by The Shins’ Yuuki Matthews
and recorded in the band’s own studio, set up in a dilapidated house in
Latigo Canyon in Malibu, CA. Of the process, the band explains, “The
room up in that house had this great, warm sound that we all really fell
in love with and wanted to capture. The songwriting process was very
collaborative. We all brought in bits and pieces of ideas we had
gathered over the years and kind of just let them become what they are.
People do so many great and terrible things, we love to write about
those things and what its like to observe them.”
Bird Dog is Maxim Helmerich (vocals, guitar), Tyler Wimpee (guitar,
vocals), Eric Arndt (bass, vocals), Colton Dearing (percussion, keys,
vocals) and Justin Kila (drums). Three band members hail from Tulsa, OK
while two grew up in Dallas, TX. They all came to L.A. around the same
time and reconnected serendipitously.
MISTY SHRUB TRACK LISTING
1. The Ocean and the Sea 2. Dogs 3. Red River 4. The Desert Song
BIRD DOG LIVE
January 24—Kansas City, MO—Madrid Theatre & Café*
January 26—Minneapolis, MN—First Avenue*
January 27—Madison, WI—Majestic Theatre*
January 29—Detroit, MI—St. Andrews Hall*
January 30—Pittsburgh, PA—Mr. Small’s Theatre*
January 31—Philadelphia, PA—Theatre of Living Arts*
February 2—Boston, MA—Royale*
February 3—Silver Springs, MD—The Fillmore*
February 5—New York, NY—Irving Plaza*
February 6—Brooklyn, NY—Music Hall of Williamsburg*
March 11-14—Phoenix, AZ—McDowell Mountain Music Festival
March 11-20—Austin, TX—SXSW
May 27—Napa, CA—Bottle Rock Festival
*supporting Ryan Bingham
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