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Actual Birds
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Honesty Is Still My Best Policy | Actual Birds | 2:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We All Have a Skeleton That No One Knows | Actual Birds | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Sky Is Everywhere, Part II | Actual Birds | 0:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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O Ye of Little Faith (Something I Should Not See) | Actual Birds | 2:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nothing Is Black and White | Actual Birds | 3:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Enthusiastic Sweethearts | Actual Birds | 3:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Read Your Book (Alec Jensen) | Actual Birds | 2:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Sky Is Everywhere, Part I | Actual Birds | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tender Shades of Fucschia and Greige | Actual Birds | 9:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Weight of My Heart | Actual Birds | 1:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Every Last Song | Actual Birds | 0:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Art Vs. Commerce: The Final Word | Actual Birds | 1:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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(hidden track) | Actual Birds | 2:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Songs |
Customer Reviews
Just so there's a counterpoint...
Please do consider that the person who wrote the rather mean review that precedes this one, in his other reviews, speaks with the same extreme negativity about The Blow, but has nothing but great things to say about The Deftones. In short: probably not the primary target audience for a folk album recorded in a friend's basement. I mean, don't get me wrong: the previous reviewer did a GREAT job cutting down an unknown artist when they're already, y'know, down. Kudos, guy. I'm just saying: grain of salt, potential listener. Maybe even a few.
Nothing Pretty, Nothing New.
Some bedroom recordings are best left at home. I have ranted about the evils of lo-fi before, but I will concede that there is an appropriate place for it. Actual Birds, judging by the album cover, probably isn't selling out any clubs... or coffee houses... or the dining room at Al's Pizza a few miles outside of Decatur... so I won't fuss much about the crap-tacular quality. When the songs aren't saturated with hiss, clips, fuzz, and other needless forms of static, the crooner (groaner?) drawls about in the same I-am-bored-with-this-song manner as the peculiarly over-rated Silver Jews frontman David Berman. Ugh. With song content that only the singer and a small circle of friends could possibly care about, the songs, when recorded such that you can hear what he is babbling about, are so personal that it becomes impersonal, intangible, and forgettable to most anybody. The streets of indie rock and lo-fi are littered with the bodies of cheap imitations of poor music made for the ramen-fed art school students. This is no different. Buy a mic compressor, write something that people may care about, and try again: I may even give you a second chance. Even Lou Reed made Metal Machine - you can be forgiven. If you are not convinced by my argument, buy the hidden track without first listening to it. If you like it, buy the whole album - you deserve to lose your money. If you listened to it and didn't like it, well... you possess, at bare minimal, the intelligence of a fruit fly. Cheers!
There are alot of excellent songs on this album.
Ok…I feel I should preface this with the disclamer/fact that I grew up with Dustin (Actual Birds). We were best friends all through school. But wait, before you write off my review completely, just let me say I am going to be completely honest. There are some tracks on this album that I don’t like. Sorry Dustin, but it’s true. For one, the bonus track…it just creeps me out. And as far as that first reviewer’s advice to buy the bonus track to help make your decision about buying the album or not, I would say don’t do that. The bonus track, in my opinion, is the worst track you can listen to to get an idea of the awesomeness of most of the other tracks. So what track (if your only going to try one) should you buy? ‘Every Last’ song is great. Granted, it’s the second shortest track on the album, but that one is probably my favorite. Next to that I’d probably go with ‘We All Have a Skeleton That No One Knows’. Good job Dustin, keep up the good work, and let me know when the next album is out.
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- $9.99
- Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Music, Pop
- Released: May 01, 2006
- ℗ 2006 Casanova Temptations Edutainment
