Kingdom of Birds is Toronto’s essential post-punk power trio.
Consisting of Ása Berezny (Guitar/Vox), Annabel Barbon-Mcguire (Bass) and Beatrice Richard (Drums), Kingdom of Birds is an institution of the Toronto music scene. Known for live shows that are notoriously kinetic and dramatic (not to mention extremely fun), the band’s ability to feed off of energy from each other in order to hypnotize an audience borders on vampiric. Their songs are full of dirty, ear-worming riffs and versatile vocal performances ranging from under-breath mutters to full tilt howls.
After spending a spell in Montreal writing bedroom demos, Berezny returned to Toronto to record the band’s latest and greatest LP, Vermin. An album partially characterized by its faithfulness to the band’s live sound due to a lack of overdubs and studio trickery, Vermin sees Kingdom of Birds wielding three-piece power with extreme precision.
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