Birds Of Avalon

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After a 7-year stint in a prison van with the double drum, frenetic rock n’ roll assault known as The Cherry Valence, guitarists Cheetie Kumar and Paul Siler, felt a growing desire to move on. In a final whirlwind year that saw The Cherry Valence touring Europe multiple times, the couple, Kumar and Siler, got married and made the difficult decision to divorce their band.

Returning home hitched and band-less, they began late night clandestine meetings with neighbor and local crooner Craig Tilley (The Weather), where they hatched a plan to form Birds of Avalon and laid the foundation for what was to become the first batch of Birds Of Avalon songs. Still needing to round out their line up they snared their favorite area drummer Scott Nurkin (Dynamite Brothers) and soon added multi-instrumentalist and fanatical 4 tracker, David Mueller on bass.

Having developed a unique psychedelic meets progressive sound that yields feelings that transcend the conventions of both, the Birds Of Avalon skillfully channel elements of a time in Rock since past, while representing their current place in the lineage of North Carolinian independent rock heritage. Easily traversing the gray area between raw blues rock and atmospheric pysch-pop, Birds Of Avalon “can tear it up in a three-minute barn-burner or lure you into an extended psychedelic journey, wandering schizophrenically like a Brian May guitar solo,” so says Jens Lekman of Cincinnati City Beat.

1	Measure Of The Same free download	25
2	Horse Called Dust full track	17
2	Bicentennial Baby	17
4	Set You Free	14
5	Turn Gold	13
6	superpower	12
6	Instant Coma	12
8	Taking Trains	11
8	Wanderlust	11
10	Think	10
11	Shakey Tiger	9
11	Where's My Blood?	9
13	The Reeds	8
14	Hazy 98	6
14	Earthbound	6

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Bazaar Bazaar
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Outer Upper Inner
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The Outer Upper Inner EP
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false_remedy wrote:
last month

Saw these guys live in Orlando, was an amazing show!!

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Gelatinousss wrote:
June 2008

saw them last niiiight

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luishoracio2 wrote:
June 2008

Missed them live two weeks ago, dammit!

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Tairano wrote:
June 2008

I've played the new EP a lot since they released it. I'm going to have to look and see if they've got anything on vinyl that I can get my hands on...

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tub3rcul0s1s wrote:
April 2008

YOU GUYS ROCKED FARGO Come back again some time!

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MasterODisaster wrote:
March 2008

Artist description is a lol - good stuff

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mjantzmjantz wrote:
March 2008

saw these guys open for Black Mountain last weekend. Really excellent sound. Picked up the LP & it's really excellent!

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Tairano wrote:
February 2008

I'm really excited for the new EP coming out next month. The songs the band put up on their MySpace page are awesome. And Bazaar Bazaar hasn't even been out for a year yet! The Birds of Avalon deliver!

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oboesqueaks wrote:
August 2007

where's my jetpack! :D

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scevans wrote:
August 2007

Excellent show, indeed... but is it Where's My Blood? or Where's My Jetpack?

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mylifeisought wrote:
August 2007

Just saw these guys opening for Ted Leo and the Hold Steady. EXCELLENT show!!!

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Tairano wrote:
August 2007

I know I read an ad in a magazine that said that the Birds of Avalon would be playing a show in Sacramento, CA, but it appears that isn't the case anywhere I've been looking.

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IthisProtector wrote:
July 2007

Make sure to check out the dates for Volcom Tour starting at the end of July. Birds of Avalon are playing a few dates with bands like Valient Thorr and Riverboat Gamblers.

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