I Became Birds

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I Became Birds
Home Is Where - I Became Birds.jpg
EP by
Home Is Where
ReleasedMarch 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)
StudioKillian Studios
Genre Emo [1]
Length18:46
LanguageEnglish
Label Father/Daughter, Knifepunch
Producer Matt Goings
Home Is Where chronology
Our Mouths to Smile
(2019)		I Became Birds
(2021)		 Dissection Lesson
(2022)

I Became Birds is a 2021 release by American emo band Home Is Where.

Contents

Reception

In Exclaim! , the album was listed as one of the top 25 EPs of 2021, with Adam Feibel writing that "it feels like a fully realized epic of modern punk". [2] (Despite the release's short length, the band considers it to be their debut LP. [3] ) Ian Cohen of Pitchfork Media rated the album an 8.0 out of 10, writing that the band "channels a sense of boundless possibility" and summing up that this release "feels like emo once again flipping the switch on its eternal energy source"; [1] the venue would list it among the best rock albums of 2021. [4] PopMatters' Michael Frank Lukich calls this music "therapeutic" and compares it favorably to music by Bob Dylan, Fugazi, and Neutral Milk Hotel, rating it an 8 out of 10. [5] Nina Corcoran of Stereogum named Home Is Where a "Band to Watch" for "the pitch-perfect decisions of their songs" on this release. [3] The site ranked it 8th on its list of the 50 best albums of 2021 on June 8, with critic Julia Gray calling it "a parade of harmonicas, strings, horns, and acoustic guitars", with lyrics that include "breathless images and musings" and vocals made up of "whispers mutating into guttural yelps". [6]

Track listing

All songs written by Home Is Where, with lyrics by Bea MacDonald.

  1. "l. ron hubbard was way cool" – 1:40
  2. "long distance conjoined twins" – 3:27
  3. "sewn together from the membrane of the great sea cucumber" – 4:46
  4. "the scientific classification of stingrays" – 2:19
  5. "assisted harakiri" – 4:30
  6. "the old country" – 2:05

Personnel

Home Is Where

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cohen, Ian (April 13, 2021). "Home Is Where: I Became Birds". Albums. Pitchfork Media . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Feibel, Adam (December 10, 2021). "Exclaim!'s 25 Best EPs of 2021". Best of 2021. Exclaim! .
  3. 1 2 Corcoran, Nina (June 10, 2021). "Band To Watch: Home Is Where". Band to Watch. Stereogum . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (December 8, 2021). "The 31 Best Rock Albums of 2021". Lists & Guides. Pitchfork Media . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ Lukich, Michael Frank (May 10, 2021). "Home Is Where: I Became Birds". PopMatters . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ Gray, Julia (June 8, 2021). "The 50 Best Albums Of 2021 So Far". Album List. Stereogum . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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