March 4th 2021 - Review

Birdpen witnessed:

buildings, pressure, no release.

People

In a state created by the state

Of social mind, media and government

Observations of a world

beginning to lock itself in

before the world

locked itself down.

Words that paint pictures

of shaded greys

Lyrics lined with silver bullets.

A documentary of our time.

This precise time.

Blended music

Building waves of sonic tension,

Angular moments.

Pressure.

Released by rhythms.

Caressed by melodies

Crafted

Each song a chapter

An album as a book

Page turner

Thumbed by guitars, synths,

atmosphere and vocal reaches.

This isn’t bleak

There is optimism between the lines

Call it hope.

Holding up a mirror

To a world that we’ve created

One we can easily change

Take a look

Linger

With an ironic round of applause

for modern junk.

Dance your way

To dump the past.

Review By

Xan Phillips

Creative Director

Showcase UK

Purchase via Amazon LP / MP3 / CD

First Single - Function

About Birdpen

Based on the English south coast, BirdPen mix elements of alternative guitar rock, experimental electronica and Krautrock with cinematic moods, all delivered with powerful and meaningful lyrics. They have released five studio albums to date.

Written, recorded and produced by the core group duo of Dave Pen (also singer and guitarist in Archive) and Mike Bird, and mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, ‘All Function One’ was written as the world was changing at the outset of the 2020 pandemic and is an album about isolation, digital sadness, loneliness, deep fakes, paranoia and living a modern cyber life.

Meet the band www.birdpen.com