For The Birds

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Contemporary Rock, der ebenso an Waylon Jennings oder Smashing Pumpkins erinnert. Wenn Read Southall sagt »Hier gehören wir hin« meint er die ersten Single (»Where We Belong«) und das neue Album der Band, namens »For the Birds«.
Aber er spricht auch von der Idee, dass der Prozess dahin ein paar Jahre gedauert hat, über ein sehr isolierendes Jahr 2020 und einige benötigten Veränderungen hinsichtlich der musikalischen Ausrichtung, um an einen Ort zu gelangen, an dem diese neue Musik – ganz zu schweigen der Gruppe an sich – existieren kann.
»Ich glaube nicht, dass wir ohne dieses Album eine Band wären«, sagt Southall, der von zu Hause aus anruft, einer kleinen Stadt außerhalb von Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. »Ich denke, eine Zeit lang haben wir uns nur darauf konzentriert zu touren, rausgehen, und wir haben uns nicht um die Musik gekümmert. In gewisser Weise brauchten wir dieses Jahr jenseits des Tour-Zirkus. Wir haben ein Album gemacht und einfach gearbeitet. Wir haben uns neu ausgerichtet und entschieden, dass wir genau das tun wollen.«


“This is where we belong.” Read Southall is talking about the first single (“Where We Belong”) from his namesake band’s new album, For the Birds. But he’s also talking about the idea that it took a few years, a very isolating 2020 and some needed shifts in musical direction to get to a place where new music — let alone the group’s crowning achievement — could even exist. “I don’t think we would be a band without this album,” says Southall, calling from his home in a small town outside Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “I think for a while we were just focused on touring, getting out there and we didn’t take care of the music as needed. In a way, we needed that year off the road. We made an album and just worked. We refocused and decided this is what we want to be doing.” While impossible to pinpoint, the music on For the Birds could be called, well, timeless. It’s rock’n’roll, and it doesn’t easily fall into labels like country, Southern rock or classic rock. It’s ambitious to a degree that’s rare for a guitar-driven band in 2021 — witness the aforementioned first single “Where We Belong,” an epic number that clocks in at a whopping six-plus minutes. You’re not going to find many albums that evoke both the likes of Waylon Jennings (“Here We Are”) or early grunge (“Out of My Mind,” which would sound just fine sandwiched between Temple of the Dog and an early Smashing Pumpkins record). From classic to contemporary rock, these are songs that could appeal to the disparate fanbases of Gary Stewart, Joe Walsh, Rival Sons or Chris Cornell.

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For The Birds
SOUTHALL BAND, READ
For The Birds
LP
SR LP 3416
€ 25.90*
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1. For the Birds
2. Dltgyd
3. Out of My Mind
4. Rose Gold
5. C'est La Vie
6. Where We Belong
7. Stickin' N Movin'
8. Here We Are (There We Went)
9. High - Speed Feed
10. Josephine
11. Right or Wrong
12. Time To Kill