Enjoy their take on ‘The Only One’ (at Heron’s Head Park in San Fran) below.

MP3: Birdmonster – Born To Be Your Man

Enjoy ‘The Iditarod’ below. Download a Birdmonster track at bottom of post.

MP3: Birdmonster – Born To Be Your Man

Enjoy ‘Born To Be Your Man’ at bottom.

Learn about the recording process behind Mountain here.

Visit Birdmonster on MySpace.

The troupe recently played a free show in NYC.

MP3: Birdmonster – Born To Be Your Man

Considering my undying adoration for their 2006 debut LP (No Midnight), I was elated upon hearing the news that Birdmonster was set to premiere selections from their highly anticipated sophomore effort, From The Mountain To The Sea (due out in August), at NYC’s Mercury Lounge. The 11 song set focused heavily on LP2 but wasn’t totally void of early Birdmonster staples. The Cali based band soared through ‘Spaceman’ & ‘Balcony’ with as much finesse & exhilaration as ever. The newer tracks certainly broaden Birdmonster’s range. Whereas nearly every tune on No Midnight was magically abrasive, Mountain‘s hymns tend to skew somewhere between ballad and fist pumper. A truly tremendous & rarely tackled median. Catch a video from last night’s performance over at Q’s Gigoblog.

Visit Birdmonster at their official MySpace page. Enjoy the full setlist & an MP3 below.

Setlist: Our Ashes. Lost At Sea. Greenland Sound. Balcony. New Country. Born To Be Your Man. I Might Have Guessed. Spaceman. The Only One. My Love For You. Residue.

MP3: Birdmonster – Spaceman

All the info you need:

Wednesday, May 28th
Mercury Lounge
Invite-Only

To secure tix, head here.

Visit Birdmonster on MySpace.

MP3: Birdmonster – The Bar In The Back…

Catch both acts at:

June 1st: San Fran, Bottom Of The Hill
June 2nd: San Fran, Bottom Of The Hill

Visit Birdmonster on MySpace.

MP3: Birdmonster – Spaceman

Their sophomore LP is due out this summer. Enjoy ‘I Might Have Guessed’ below.

MP3: Birdmonster – Alabama

Additionally, their sophomore LP is due out by June!

Mar 8 Angelo’s Lounge: Phoenix, Arizona
Mar 11 Rockbottom: San Antonio, Texas
Mar 12-15 SWSW: Austin, Texas
Mar 28 High Dive: Seattle, Washington
Mar 29 The Blvd: Spokane, Washington (2 shows)

Visit Birdmonster at the band’s MySpace page.

MP3: Birdmonster – Alabama [alt link]

Birdmonster – Live On WOXY

Setlist:
Ice Age
‘Cause You Can
The Bar In The Back…
Balcony
Resurrection Song
Spaceman

Visit Birdmonster at their official site.

MP3: Birdmonster – Live On WOXY

The band shares the following update on their official blog: *Last October, we found ourselves in New York, doing the CMJ thing, riding in taxis with bloodthirsty, braying lunatics. This year? Well, we’re flying to Chicago, we’re doing a little recording. Thing is, its been a while since we recorded our last album and we’re in full on ‘let’s get our lazy asses into the studio’ mode. We’ve got plenty of new songs and now, alls we need is to find somebody who can make those songs sound the way they should sound and, quite honestly, that’s what this weekend is for. Maybe we’ve found someone. All we can do is try it out. It’s like a really expensive, horribly loud first date. Except without the sexual tension. Or the dressing well. Or the copious lying. Needless to say, we’re excited. Our current recordings of these new songs have that AM-radio quality to them, which is to say they sound like they’re coming out of my old Dream Machine…* Hop over to the band’s MySpace page here.

MP3: Birdmonster – Live On WOXY