A Lot Like Birds
A Lot Like Birds formed in Sacramento in 2009 around guitarist and songwriter Michael Franzino's sprawling, collaborative approach to post-hardcore. Their debut Plan B introduced a restless sound built from tangled guitar lines, orchestral touches, abrupt rhythmic turns, spoken-word passages, and chaotic vocal exchanges. The band's profile grew after Kurt Travis joined, and Conversation Piece pushed their writing toward a sharper blend of melody, technical motion, and theatrical intensity. No Place followed with a concept-driven structure that gave the band's experimental side a more focused emotional arc, balancing dense arrangements with memorable hooks and dramatic dynamic shifts. DIVISI later moved into cleaner textures and moodier songwriting while keeping the band's interest in unconventional structure intact. After ending activity in 2018, A Lot Like Birds returned in the mid-2020s with a revised lineup and new music, keeping the project tied to adventurous post-hardcore rather than nostalgia alone.
A Lot Like Birds Shows (9)
A Lot Like Birds Discography
9 tracks
- 1 Ted Bundy's Thanksgiving Dinner 1:47
- 2 Hallows or Horcruxes? 6:23
- 3 When the Wolf Is Counting Sheep 3:08
- 4 (1.20.8.5.14.1) 1:39
- 5 Your Ex Marked My Spot 5:05
- 6 Sesame Street Is No Place for Romance 5:54
- 7 (13.9.11.5.25) 1:05
- 8 How I Parted the Red Sea 6:25
- 9 Sesame Street Is No Place for Vengeance 10:47
11 tracks
- 1 Orange Time Machines Care 4:45
- 2 Think Dirty out Loud 4:09
- 3 Vanity's Fair 5:20
- 4 Properties of Friction 5:05
- 5 Truly Random Code 4:47
- 6 Abbr. 1:17
- 7 The Blowtorch Is Applied to the Sugar 4:30
- 8 A Satire of a Satire of a Satire Is Tiring 3:39
- 9 Sesame Street Is No Place for Me 4:04
- 10 Tantrum (Far from the Tree, The Apple Grew Rotten) 7:16
- 11 What Didn't Kill Me Just Got Stronger 4:18
15 tracks
- 1 Orange Time Machines Care 4:45
- 2 Think Dirty out Loud 4:09
- 3 Vanity's Fair 5:20
- 4 Properties of Friction 5:05
- 5 Truly Random Code 4:47
- 6 Abbr. 1:17
- 7 The Blowtorch Is Applied to the Sugar 4:30
- 8 A Satire of a Satire of a Satire Is Tiring 3:39
- 9 Sesame Street Is No Place for Me 4:04
- 10 Tantrum (Far from the Tree, The Apple Grew Rotten) 7:16
- 11 What Didn't Kill Me Just Got Stronger 4:18
- 12 A Satire of a Satire of a Satire Is Tiring - F3ral Remix 5:02
- 13 A Satire of a Satire of a Satire Is Tiring - Spencer Faber Remix 6:22
- 14 Tantrum (Far from the Tree, The Apple Grew Rotten) - Zachyg Remix 5:47
- 15 Orange Love Machines Gets Me the Wolf 2 - Drew Owens Mix 3:45
10 tracks
- 1 In Trances 1:27
- 2 No Nature 5:02
- 3 No Nurture 6:03
- 4 Next to Ungodliness 3:20
- 5 Connector 6:10
- 6 Myth of Lasting Sympathy 1:43
- 7 Hand over Mouth, Over and Over 4:22
- 8 Kuroi Ledge 5:57
- 9 Recluse 4:43
- 10 Shaking of the Frame 6:40
12 tracks
- 1 Always Burning, Always Dark 2:20
- 2 The Sound of Us 4:19
- 3 For Shelley (Unheard) 4:05
- 4 Trace the Lines 5:21
- 5 Atoms in Evening 3:31
- 6 The Smoother the Stone 1:49
- 7 Infinite Chances 3:32
- 8 No Attention for Solved Puzzles 3:27
- 9 Further Below 4:33
- 10 Good Soil, Bad Seeds 4:20
- 11 From Moon to Son 5:11
- 12 Divisi 4:12
3 tracks
- 1 For Shelley (Unheard) [Cadence Remix] 3:39
- 2 Atoms in Evening (Cadence Remix) 3:10
- 3 No Attention for Solved Puzzles (Alcoda Remix) 3:27
11 tracks
- 1 Orange Time Machines Care - Instrumental 4:43
- 2 Think Dirty Out Loud - Instrumental 4:07
- 3 Vanity's Fair - Instrumental 5:18
- 4 Properties of Friction - Instrumental 5:05
- 5 Truly Random Code - Instrumental 4:48
- 6 Abbr. - Instrumental 1:18
- 7 The Blowtorch is Applied to the Sugar - Instrumental 4:30
- 8 A Satire of a Satire of a Satire is Tiring - Instrumental 3:41
- 9 Sesame Street is No Place for Me - Instrumental 4:04
- 10 Tantrum (Far From the Tree, the Apple Grew Rotten) - Instrumental 7:19
- 11 What Didn't Kill Me Just Got Stronger - Instrumental 4:18
12 tracks
- 1 Always Burning, Always Dark - Instrumental 2:21
- 2 The Sound of Us - Instrumental 4:28
- 3 For Shelley (Unheard) - Instrumental 4:08
- 4 Trace the Lines - Instrumental 5:21
- 5 Atoms In Evening - Instrumental 3:35
- 6 The Smoother the Stone - Instrumental 1:49
- 7 Infinite Chances - Instrumental 3:31
- 8 No Attention for Solved Puzzles - Instrumental 3:38
- 9 Further Below - Instrumental 4:34
- 10 Good Soil, Bad Seeds - Instrumental 4:24
- 11 From Moon to Son - Instrumental 5:13
- 12 Divisi - Instrumental 4:13
10 tracks
- 1 In Trances - Instrumental 1:34
- 2 No Nature - Instrumental 5:02
- 3 No Nurture - Instrumental 6:07
- 4 Next to Ungodliness - Instrumental 3:23
- 5 Connector - Instrumental 6:17
- 6 Myth of Lasting Sympathy - Instrumental 1:55
- 7 Hand Over Mouth, Over and Over - Instrumental 4:32
- 8 Kuroi Ledge - Instrumental 5:56
- 9 Recluse - Instrumental 4:43
- 10 Shaking of the Frame - Instrumental 6:40
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