NIGHT BIRDS. What a great band. I like them so much that I had a crazy trip planned out to catch them at the 2011 edition of the R'R Fest in Venlo, Netherlands. They were the only band I really wanted to see that day and from what the rumors had they were to play (if I remember correctly) around 7pm. Also on that day there was another show I wanted to go to. ABFUKK were scheduled to play in Duisburg, Germany around 9pm and since I hadn't seen the folks in quite a while already I did the math and decided that it was no problem to catch two awesome bands in two different cities on one and the same day. So I talked two of my friends into joining me and we went to Venlo early because neither of us had tickets. We arrived like half an hour after the doors opened but had to realize that it was too late already. The show was sold out. Fuck! What to do? Luckily a friend of mine had a spare ticket and some of his buddies were likely to have two more. Great. I bought the ticket and... Of course the other guys already got rid of their surplus before we could get a hold of them. Bummer! But we kept trying. To no avail. Three guys one ticket. Again the question what to do. The others convinced me to take it which I didn't really feel all that well with but admittedly didn't really put up too much of a fight. Come the time Night Birds are scheduled to play and I go inside. Already wondering why there's no bandmerch available anywhere. Some dudes put up their gear and I'm thinking: I never saw a picture of the guys but those fellas sure don't look anything like I'd have guessed but probably that's just my narrowminded thinking' And what have you. It wasn't them. We waited as long as possible but eventually had to leave for the other show so my bros could at least get to see one of the bands they took that trip for. To this day I can only speculate what happened. Fact is I didn't see Night Birds live yet. I hope that will change after they put out that new record on GRAVE MISTAKE & TAKEN BY SURPRISE and hopefully come on another euro trip. I need a second chance. I think I deserved that ;)
NIGHT BIRDS "Born to Die in Suburbia" LP
Yup, that's right! FINALLY a new NIGHT BIRDS full length in the works! NIGHT BIRDS have been pretty busy since 2011's THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS hit the streets; playing a ton of shows (including Europe, the West Coast, and even Hawaii!), releasing the Fresh Kills singles compilation on LP, and most importantly managing to write a TON of new material! They will be hitting the studio exactly one week from today and we are looking to have the new LP out late Spring / early Summer of this year. We know that's pretty far away, but the band also has plans to release a single this Spring (on a label TBA) to tide you over until the new full length drops. NIGHT BIRDS also have a midwest tour booked this April/May with TENEMENT and GIVE, so if you are itching to hear some new tracks, be sure to catch 'em if they hit your town! And of course, the one and only TAKEN BY SURPRISE will be handling the European pressing of the new LP.
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