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Silver Birches

by Injured Birds

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K 02:19
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Wood Is Dead 03:35
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The Forest 04:06
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Q Magazine:

"Recalling the emotional heft of US underground favourites Beirut, [Injured Birds] specialise in prettily minimalist acoustic movements that pack a surprising punch. Highlights include the starkly melancholic , ukulele-backed Seaside Towns, and In The Doldrums, a delicately realised anthem for doomed romance"

Leftlion:

"Silver Birches is one of the most solid and consistent LPs that you could hope to hear this year. It’s that kind of excellently Mumford-free folk that’s compelling but never contrived, touching but never twee. I’d call them ‘nu-folk’, but there’s no such thing and I’m not a nobhead, but you get the idea. Opener K is a slow-burning fireside ditty that perfectly showcases the band’s cinematic qualities, while Hey Now is a right little firecracker of a tune that you can’t help but lose your mind to. Ten tracks of power and poetry that understatedly scream #NottinghamRocks."

Contact Music:

"Long-awaited debut 'Silver Birches'... veers between the new wave of folk...and cinematic elegance associated with the likes of Shane Meadows associates Sunhouse and Clayhill. Indeed, when Injured Birds choose to proffer the latter, their sound conjures up idiosyncratic images of a cold winter's walk through a frost-glistened meadow...Take album standouts 'The Forest' and 'Seaside Towns' for example. The former's affluent melody and descriptive prose acts as an opulent reminder of the underrated Lowgold, while the latter could be the Manic Street Preachers 'Indian Summer' albeit stripped down and given a banjo and ukulele makeover. Closing epic 'This Won't Last' also gives the likes of Guy Garvey and Elbow a run for their money, Kirk's despairing lament tugging at the heartstrings with every passing couplet.... Opener 'K' offers winsome words over organic instrumentation in a way one would imagine Fairport Convention used to construct their own timeless pieces four decades ago. Former single 'Happy As Clams' also makes a claim for most introspective debut 45 of the year, Kirk's solitary wish "If we could be we'd be happy as clams" about as close to an adult nursery rhyme as it gets. Add the salient acoustics of 'Wood Is Dead', happy-go-lucky cheeriness brimming through 'Hey Now Hey Now' and folk-driven sea shanty 'Song For Bailey' covering all bases and its clear to see why Injured Birds are a difficult conundrum when it comes to pigeonholing their sound. A promising debut all told that hints at a whole lot more in the future."

Sounds XP:

"Taking on the reigns of pastoral alt-folk (of the British variety as opposed to any Fleet Foxes stylings) are acoustic instrument wielding quartet Injured Birds...'Silver Birches' is the quartet's debut album and the focus is very much on what they're doing, not what other similar bands are up to, so there's no Mumfords type stadium pretend folk, no Noah & The Whale styled TV-ready cash-ins...they're dab hands at gently picked storytelling as found on 'Happy As Clams' or 'Song For Bailey', and there's odd moment where they allow tradition to get the better of them, see 'Wood Is Dead' and 'K'. 'Seaside Towns' even has a touch of the Wild Beasts about it. They can turn their capable hands to many folk offshoots and each one is a success; lyrically they can be clever and witty too, the upbeat 'How You Were Beautiful' and 'In The Doldrums' being particular favourites. Injured Birds are a small fish in a big pond but their ripples shouldn't go unnoticed."

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released November 5, 2011

Lyrics by Sam Kirk, music by Injured Birds.

Injured Birds are Sam Kirk, Ian Kingsbury, Jack Benjamin and David Keye.

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Injured Birds Nottingham, UK

Injured Birds are:
Sam Kirk – banjolelery, singery and guitaring
Ian Kingsbury – drum kittery
Jack Benjamin – bassisms, shakey/plinky sounds
David Keye – piano, harmonium, organ bothering

Sam writes the songs, David, Jack and Ian make them louder and lovelier. They describe their sound variously as plinky soul, shonky dirge, and lyrical folk.
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