{"id":53,"date":"2019-11-24T19:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8dsync.me\/?p=53"},"modified":"2019-12-18T21:48:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:48:38","slug":"bird-streets-s-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8dsync.com\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"Bird Streets &#8211; Bird Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"kt-adv-heading_9c2647-a8\" class=\"kt-adv-heading_9c2647-a8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Bird Streets &#8211; <em>Bird Streets<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-none uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign-middle uagb-columns__gap-0 alignundefined\" id=\"uagb-columns-14a402e0-8b5f-4b3b-9222-6fd0a381f8d8\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined\" id=\"uagb-column-81cdb775-fe3e-44c7-9a8f-cdeade68d577\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BIRD-STREETS-cover_square_hires-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Bird Streets\" class=\"wp-image-18\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined\" id=\"uagb-column-ca72ca10-ef94-45bd-bb70-d357d3c3f220\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"disco-playlist-3063066\" name=\"disco-playlist-3063066\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"disco-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/8dsync.disco.ac\/e\/p\/3063066?download=false&amp;s=Hg58Be68hHMuGi8Y_trUynqYgFc%3Arz1OP8VW&amp;artwork=true&amp;theme=white&amp;color=%23233f8c\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI used to write about finding ways out of the darkness,\u201d says <strong>John Brodeur<\/strong>, the New York songwriter and musician behind 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/01\/09\/570751142\/slingshot2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NPR Music Slingshot (opens in a new tab)\">NPR Music Slingshot<\/a> artist <strong>Bird Streets<\/strong>. \u201cNow I\u2019m more interested in exploring and creating a map of that place. In some ways, adopting the Bird Streets name allowed me to write more openly about myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In need of a creative rebirth after years on the music-industry margins, Brodeur reached out to his friend, producer and multi-instrumentalist <strong>Jason Falkner<\/strong> (Beck, Jellyfish), to suggest a collaboration. The album yielded by this pairing is both fresh and familiar&#8211;a dynamic collection of introspective indie-rock and power-pop that draws liberally on the music of decades past without being bluntly nostalgic, with Brodeur\u2019s voice like an old friend you\u2019re meeting for the first time. The Falkner-produced debut, simply titled Bird Streets, is available worldwide on Omnivore Recordings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2048\" src=\"http:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bird Streets (Jason Falkner &amp; John Brodeur)\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-500x400.jpg 500w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-1280x1024.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-1920x1536.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DUO-FOR-ALBUM-PROMO-ONLY-creditCassandraLeeHamilton-2048x1638.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a career that\u2019s spanned nearly 20 years, John Brodeur has independently produced and released several solo albums, including 2013\u2019s <em>Little Hopes<\/em>; fronted rock trios The Suggestions and Maggie Mayday; and worked as a touring and studio musician for scores of acts, including The Morning After Girls, Freedy Johnston, and White Hills. He has shared stages with Fountains of Wayne, They Might Be Giants, Glenn Tilbrook, TV On The Radio, Greg Laswell, Cracker, Lemonheads, 311, Sloan, O.A.R., Todd Park Mohr, and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded in Los Angeles between 2014 and 2016, Bird Streets is the product of equal measures tenacity and patience. After a series of setbacks derailed touring plans for his last solo album, Brodeur decamped to L.A. for a few months while waiting for a hole to open in Falkner\u2019s schedule. Once they were in Falkner\u2019s studio, the kindred creative spirits hit it off immediately. What started with a song turned into an EP and then a full-length album. Working during the short gaps between Falkner\u2019s touring and production commitments, with Brodeur shuffling between coasts for studio dates, the pair had to move quickly, arranging and tracking entire songs in a day or two, sharing instrumental duties throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrically, these songs draw heavily on internal conflict&#8211;self-doubt, anxiety, depression&#8211;with an overarching feeling of wistful resignation rather than blind optimism. 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