Birdman Cult's post punk blues psyche rock barn burner "Snakes" (Official Video)

AP Track Review

Snakes by UK's Birdman Cult is a barn burner of a post punk song with spring reverb-ish guitar flourishes and a sort of blues psyche rock backbone vocal performance by Joe Eden that (at one specific point) briefly veers into a weird territory between Elvis and Jim Morrison. Sonically, there are elements that swim in surf punk ways like a twisty drink comprised of Thee Oh Sees and the Cosmonauts (sideways) and I am thoroughly enjoying the girl backing vox which give it a Tarantino flair. Yeah, baby.

Birdman Cult are Joe on vocals, Wookash on drums, Otis on guitar, Hawk on bass and Elo on rhythm guitar and vocals. The official video is a trip that is too difficult to describe and is best just experienced. Love it.

Snakes was produced by Chris Ellul of The Heavy, released via Bristol’s Donut Records.

Joe from Birdman Cult:  "We all have snakes in our lives. Growing up, being naive, they weren’t always spotted. Snakes in the grass. As I moved around that Naivety lifted they became more apparent in every walk of life in every town and city. Poised with their venom. The Antidote? Caring less about their bites."

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Robb Donker





THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

The origins of the band’s name ‘Birdman Cult’ are complex and mixed. Part named after ‘The Birdman Cult’ an ancient religious sect who inhabited Easter Island who were suppressed and eventually halted by Christian missionaries in the 1860’s . A second influence is the metaphor of the Tangat Manu or ‘Birdman’, where representatives of native clans would select a prospective champion to retrieve a seasonal egg from a remote island. The winner would retrieve the much coveted prize, grow their hair and nails, be lavished with the seasons harvest and never have to want for anything, until the next Tangat Manu was victorious. Of their first release, singer Joe said, ‘We all have snakes in our lives. Growing up, being naive, they weren’t always spotted. Snakes in the grass. As I moved around that Naivety lifted they became more apparent in every walk of life in every town and city. Poised with their venom. The Antidote? Caring less about their bites.’ ‘Snakes’ was produced by Chris Ellul of 'The Heavy' and will be released via Bristol’s Donut Records.