The Falling Birds don't sound like most of the other young bands out there. There's a certain grittiness and vintage feel about them that sounds more like something you'd be likely to hear in an old dirty bar than on modern radio.

The Brooklyn-based trio channels decades-old sounds on their EPs, 'Til We All Fall Down and Native America, but it's all done in a way that creates a new and fresh sound. With a new album due out in early 2016, guitarist/vocalist Stephen Artemis, bassist Nick Albury, and drummer David Burton seem poised to be one of the next big movements in good ol' rock 'n' roll. Artemis took a minute to dish on some of the band's history, and a little bit of its future.

Homebase: Brooklyn, NY

How would you describe the Falling Birds to people who had never heard your music before?

We take blues and folk music and punk it out.

Who are some of your musical influences?

Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jack White, NOFX, Joe Pug, Shovels and Rope, The Band of Skulls, Bob Dylan. We're really big music fans and we're kind of all over the map.

What's life like for an up-and-coming band trying to make it in New York?

It's exciting. It's competitive. NYC is out for your blood.

Can you explain how the band got it's name?

I moved to New York and I was so preoccupied with making a living that I didn't have time to play music anymore. I was working all the time just to make rent and I was miserable. About a year after moving I finally had enough so I decided to put a band together. We booked our first gig but we didn't have a name and the venue was bugging me to come up with one. Just a few days before the deadline to come up with a name all these birds fell out of the sky in Arkansas, and I thought it was a cool metaphor for how I felt not playing music. So that became the name. I think all those dead birds might still come up towards the end of our google results.

How did the Falling Birds start?

It was like when you put sea monkeys in water. We just kind of formed out of the ether.

How did the band's grungy/bluesy/indie rock sound come about? It's different than what you might normally hear.

It's really not premeditated, it's just that it's a mashup of all our influences. Grunge was one of the first sounds that appealed to me as a teenager, because it was loud and wild. Then as we got older, I started appreciating blues and folk rock more. So I wanted to write songs that represented those interests and incorporate my younger (more rowdy) influences. I thought it would be cool to try and combine those things together. I thought it would be an interesting challenge as a songwriter to put those influences together to try and make something new.

What's the coolest experience you guys have had so far as a band?

The coolest thing by far is how we got our UK tour set up. We started putting our demo out on social media and all of a sudden we wound up getting picked up on a UK radio station... then another... then another. The next thing we know we've got people in the UK tweeting at us and asking when we're going to come over and play. We didn't know the first thing about setting up a tour, but we wound up meeting a great friend via Twitter and she helped us connect all the dots. (Thanks Sam!) We never thought anything like that would come from the demo and we were absolutely floored when it happened.

Where do you draw inspiration for your music?

Inspiration comes from all over. A lot of the lyrics are drawn from my own experiences or those around me. If you hang out with me, watch out because you might just end up in a song. Or maybe a part of you will.

What's something you've learned in your time as a band?

I've learned a lot about managing the business side of things and how much goes into that. You've got to be more than a musician now-a-days, you have to be more like a small business owner.

Are there any specific goals the band has in mind?

Just to keep making the best music that we can. We have so many songs that still need to be recorded and released we've already got our eyes on the next record.

What's the songwriting process like for the Falling Birds?

Basically, I will write the guitar and vocals and bring that to the guys. We'll play with the songs and try out different parts around what has been written. We just get together and do what comes natural. Then presto, we've got a record.

If there's one thing you wish everyone on the planet knew about the Falling Birds, what would it be?

I think they should know that we're really a live band. The studio is nice, but its the live shows that we really love. We leave it all out on the stage.