30/04/1991 | Happy Release Day 1991 | Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing? Craft #violentfemmes #craftrecords @officialviolentfemmes @craftrecordings Pitchfork: „Released in 1991, the Milwaukee trio’s fifth album marked a return to the misfit anthems that had made the Femmes cult heroes in the first place.“ Allmusic: „Why Do Birds Sing? feels more solid, with its lesser moments strung together by some of the best songs the band ever penned, and production that makes space for both the Femmes' anxious demeanor and their not-so-secret love of big, dumb pop songs.“ New Noise: „Why Do Birds Sing? would be the band’s final “great” album before they reformed again“ Goldmine: „A college-radio DIY band back then, the Femmes were Americana before the term emerged for the genre.“ Spectrum Culture: „Why Do Birds Sing? feels like the distillation of the modes and styles the Violent Femmes tried on throughout the ‘80s.“ „Why Do Birds Sing? contains some of that generation’s defining moments…“ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc_Dvhasywq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=