" . . . strewn through unyielding carnival rides, doused in moonshine and baked through and through . . . confusingly endearing."
-- audiversity.com
". . . like a fever dream."
-- onion a/v club
"...simple and direct and unabashedly celebratory . . . the sound of a singing-telegram lullaby as heard through the reach of 5-mile string-phone."
-- gapers block
"will satisfy your inner freak . . . a single piece of music that exists in the shadows but often strikes out with whimsy"
-- Daily Herald
"top 5 of 2007"
-- dan deacon
On Opaque Things (Pecan Crazy, '06)
"These beguiling songs sound snatched from a dream . . . childlike and terrifying . . . Surreal pop experiments [that] gleefully break paradigms and create pleasure."
-- Daily Herald
"2nd best album of 2006"
-- Jackin' Pop Critics Poll
"the best show I've ever been to . . . incredibly great"
-- Popsheep.com
"I wouldn't have been surprised to learn that it was recorded in a men's room stall at the United Center . . . [O]ne of the brightest products of Chicago's art-damage scene in some time"
-- Chicago Reader
the BIRD NAMES have played pop music since the early mid-2000s. they are an ideological and scientistic band. not counting ghosts (eleanor? liam? naomi? eric?) the players are: albert schatz, nora brank, david lineal, & colin hartz.
For Collaboration & Booking: inquire within.
please see as well Unsound's Bird Names page.
"Damnation" video by Brian Hank Henry & Rich Salamander
With his characteristically big feet, our over two-foot- tall Garden Yeti will have guests doing a double-take as they admire your creative gardening style! With alleged sightings the world over from the highest Himalayas to the northwest United States, this elusive, mythical legend has been captured exclusively for toscano in quality designer resin and finely hand-painted for startling realism. (12 lbs.) 19 1/2" W x 19" D x28 1/2" H.
holy shit you're coming to LA very nice. i'll bring the painting i did of you to echo curio also i have some great footage of you at zamakibo, from our soon to be released documentary . -tumble
hey kids, thank you! for letting us (shocks of mighty) play with ya at Ronny's. I haven't had so much fun at a show in a while. oh, and the new record is the best yet!
