Griefbirds

The Griefbirds certainly are a songwriting project between seasoned veterans Coby Batty and Paul Watson that evolved into a genuine group. Both had known one another for nearly twenty years before developing the Griefbirds, and both boast amazing resumés, having used famous brands Sparklehorse, Orthotonics, Flaming Cicada, the Fugs, Bongwater, and Patrick Phelan, to mention a few. Maybe less experimental compared to the additional organizations Batty and Watson possess used, the Griefbirds audio is usually friendly, pastoral acoustic pop sometimes augmented by such ephemera as Spanish acoustic guitar, cornet, clarinet, theremin, and ’60s psychedelia. The gorgeously light, nostalgic sound is really a reddish herring for the lyrics nevertheless, which have a tendency toward the dark and pessimistic. (Example: “Place your submit mine/and right down to hell we are going to climb.”) The group, whose name originates from a collection inside a Fugs track, released the recording Paper Radio on Planetary Information in nov 2001.