MBR-068: Civils “Birds Inert”
The latest from Drew Kirby (New Wives, Mothers) entitled "BIRDS INERT" strips back the density of production amassed on mission statement full-length "TAPE DOCTOR" (2017) and instead goes back-to-basics for the first 4-track tape recordings under the CIVILS mantle in a couple years.
Thematically "BIRDS INERT" follows suit, mostly trading out the searing personal exhumations for wider-reaching lyrics with a lighter touch - songs about pop music, late capitalism, the Boxcar Children - all recorded & dubbed with zero edits straight to cassette.
This is the first from the "autumn worktapes" lot, a series of 4-track tapes eked out over the fall/winter of 2017 which continued well into summer 2018. a massive idea dump of genre experiments and sonic goofs with near total abandon - it's worth thinking of these as MIXTAPES more than albums, or maybe its not worth thinking that. . more will come as soon as they're mixed down!!!

















