Tweak Bird - Tweak Bird
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KyussBlack Sabbath
The White Stripes
Release Date
08/31/2010
Label
Volcom EntertainmentTracklist
1. The Future2. Lights in Lines
3. Round Trippin'
4. A Sun / Ahh Ahh
5. Beyond
6. Tunneling Through
7. Sky Ride
8. Hazement in the Basement
9. Flyin' High
10. Distant Airways
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Hailing from Illinois, Tweak Bird consists of two brothers - Caleb and Ashton Bird – and up until now they’ve only released an EP, which was a few years back. For those unfamiliar with the band, their debut, self titled full length is comprised of stoner rock mixed with the psychedelic rock sounds of the 60’s and 70’s, played by just one guitarist/vocalist and one drummer/vocalist. The thought of that combination might seem appealing to fans of those genres, but the group’s minimalistic style may not be enough to keep people engaged in the songs.
There’s not a whole lot to say about this album, mainly because there’s not much going on here. It consists of roughly the same guitar riff slightly modified for each song, adequate drumming that does the job but nothing more, and vocals that sound so bad it’s hard to tell if the duo is trying too hard to sing or not hard enough. Picture a dying cat using its last breath to sing you a little ditty before it goes to animal heaven and you’ll get a better idea of the vocal approach on this record. Tweak Bird’s saving grace, however, is that they do keep the songs relatively short so at least the monotonous music is in brief intervals; except for “Distant Airways” and “A Sun / Ahh Ahh,” which are the only songs over three minutes.
Removing the vocals from the equation, there are some decent musical moments on the full length that make it easier to reach the end of the album, but not enough to merit a positive review. As previously mentioned, “Distant Airways” is one of the longer songs and its two-minute long intro is an enjoyable, heavy, and rhythmic journey that is only ruined when the singing begins. “Tunneling Through” is easily the best track on the album, and one of the few songs where the singing sounds decent. The fast blues riff played throughout the song complements the trippy vocals and it begs the question: Why didn’t Tweak Bird make the other songs as good as this one? In many of the other tracks there are some solid groove riffs as well but they’re played ad nausea and lose their cool factor relatively quickly.
Tweak Bird’s first full length isn’t an awful album, it’s just a very boring one with few noteworthy moments. There’s a slight chance that fans of this style of music will find something to like here, but the majority of listeners will stick with bands that are already doing it better until Tweak Bird catches up with them.
--Nicholas Fritz
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Minnesota
This album was pretty bad. Sorry for assigning it to you, Nick :-)
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Coopersburg, PA
Haha, it's cool...at least it was short!
stupid cover.
Brooklyn, NY
I don't know what you're talking about... I really like this album
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Senegal Africa
I see nothing really wrong with the vocals if you are into bands like the White Stripes. But then again im not one of those people. The instrumentation is kinda boring and wished they spiced it up a little more because the beginning of Distant Airways doesn't sound bad at all.
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Sunshine Coast, Australia
sounds like these guys are trying to be the mess hall.. best two piece out.
"If you want something done right, get a fucking Australian band to do it" - Chris Cheney