Show And Tell
Toronto's Birthday Massacre offer their first live CD, capturing the intensity of their shows recorded in late 2007 in Hamburg. Features fifteen fan faves. Look for the DVD later this year, as well as another studio album.
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The Birthday Massacre is a fusion of retro electronica and dynamic contemporary songwriting. Elements of childhood fiction and adult fantasy are coupled with twisting distortion and euphoric melody to create a unique and original sound dubbed "post-retro." The lyrical themes of The Birthday Massacre observe reality through a romanticized perspective. Lyrically, the songs are a combination of personal reflection, real-life observation, dreams, fiction, and satire. The Birthday Massacre has managed to create a sound and vision that is larger than life while still maintaining a grounded sense of awareness and a raw aggression seldom found in contemporary pop-music. This sonic juxtaposition provides an alluring fantasy that is free of false promises. The Birthday Massacre calls its own bluffs and acknowledges its illusions for what they are in order to credit their audience with a refined level of insight into modern pop-culture. The Birthday Massacre does this in the hopes of bringing about a higher state of mass awareness. Their novel concept, dynamic music compositions, and energetic live performances have already earned The Birthday Massacre international acclaim as one of the most original and promising upcoming bands of the new millennium.
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New European Dates.....confirmed
AMM, sounds2move + Zillo present THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE - "Walking With Strangers" Tour 2007 www.thebirthdaymassacre.com / www.reporecords.de / www.wod.de 25.10.2007 UK-Manchester, Satan's Hollow 26.10.2007 UK-Bristol, Bierkeller 27.10.2007 UK-Whitby, Whitby-Festival 2007 (Headliner) 28.10.2007 UK-London, Islington Academy 30.10.2007 F-Paris, La Locomotive 31.10.2007 F-Lyon, Villerbanne CCO 01.11.2007 E-Barcelona, Mephisto 02.11.2007 D-Saarbrücken, Roxy (plus Staubkind) 03.11.2007 NL-Vlissingen, Terra Gotha (Headliner) 04.11.2007 D-Bremen, Tower 06.11.2007 D-Hamburg, Knust 07.11.2007 DK-Arhus, Musikcafeen 08.11.2007 D-Berlin, K17 09.11.2007 D-Krefeld, Kulturfabrik 10.11.2007 D-Dresden, Starclub 11.11.2007 CH-Zürich, Abart 13.11.2007 D-Frankfurt, Nachtleben 14.11.2007 D-Herford, X-Club 15.11.2007 D-Hannover, Musikzentrum, tbc ??
New Album
Following the online release of 'Kill The Lights', we finished writing, recording and mixing eleven other songs into a similar state. We then danced and romanced our way into the loving arms of producer/engineer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie and spent two weeks holed up at Orange Studios doing some re-tracking and production work (amongst other things). Later this week, Mike and I will fly out to join Dave in Vancouver... where we plan to stand over his shoulder and heckle him as he mixes the album. As you may already know, the album release is set for September 10th-12th.