28th June 2010

Audio

Birthdays - I’ve been growin

Word is Birthdays — remember? — is coming out with a split cassette soon along with Vacation Dad, Many Mansions, and Panda Teeth.  The cut you’ll find above, “I’ve been growin,” is taken from that release, and if you’re not already checking it out, you should be. It swirls, grinds, and groans, and makes me feel like I’m somehow making the best of my time back home. There really isn’t a better way to spend a Monday evening than sitting at the library, reading comics and spacing out to this tune. True story: once I realized I’d been staring at a stranger for five minutes while in my own little Birthdays-inspired trance, she looked up and it turns out we went to high school together. Whoops.

Anyway, you should go have your own Birthdays-inspired trance embarrassments. And while you’re at it, check out the tour dates on the MySpace. Birthdays and Vacation Dad are hittin’ the West Coast in July/August/September, and I think they might need some space, so if you’ve got any ideas, drop a line.

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