Birds in Row

Birds in Row formed in Laval, Mayenne in 2009. Two of the members formed Birds in Row one week after their previous band split up, and recorded their first song one week later. The group chose the name because birds are able to fly around freely, however, "they very often decide to fly as a group or land on wires in a row. So, this for us represents how people could chose to be free, but always end up following their fellows to feel comfortable." They chose the name 'Birds in Row' over 'Birds in a Row' because it sounded better to the group. They also chose to sing in English because they, "wanted to be understood by most of the people."

The band's earliest releases include 2009's Rise of the Phoenix and 2010's Cottbus, two EPs released through Vitriol Records. Birds in Row had begun writing their debut album in late 2011. Deathwish Inc. showed interest in reissuing their Cottbus EP, but the band offered the album they had been working on the time instead. Birds in Row's signing was announced in November 2011, and they finished recording their debut album by January 2012. Also in January 2012, Vitriol reissued the group's early EPs as a compilation titled Collected.

Birds in Row toured the United States with Loma Prieta in March 2012 and with Touché Amoré, Defeater and Code Orange Kids in April 2013. A music video for the song "Pilori" was released in June 2012, and Birds in Row's debut album You, Me & the Violence was released on September 4, 2012. Also in 2012, the band toured Europe with Converge and Rise and Fall in August, and the UK in December. In July 2013 they appeared at Fluff Fest in the Czech Republic for the first time, returning in 2015 and 2017.{{cite web|url=https://xclusivx.com/2017/07/28/nics-fluff-fest-17/|title=Nic's FLUFF FEST 17|language=German|publisher=xclusivx|date=28 July 2017|accessdate=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220803/https://xclusivx.com/2017/07/28/nics-fluff-fest-17/|archive-date=7 October 2017|url-status=dead}} Along with Glass Cloud and Rebuker, Birds in Row opened for the Chariot during their final tour in October/November 2013.

In 2014, the Birds in Row posted a Facebook update explaining that the band had broken up, only to delete the post shortly after leading to confusion about the state of the band. They released a follow-up statement that explained Birds in Row was going through some changes and had not broken up. Birds in Row later elaborated that the band was going through a "pretty brutal" line-up change. Citing both an interest in learning to perform together with the new line-up and wanting to pay tribute to the people and labels who helped them achieve their level of success, the band decided to release a series of EPs and split releases in lieu of full-length follow-up to You, Me & the Violence., followed by the EP Personal War released through Deathwish and a split release with WAITC — who are also from Laval, France — to be released through the French label Throatruiner Records. According to the band, their lyrics deal with the "relationship[s] with people and how taking certain choices will affect your relationship with friends or people outside".{{cite web |title=At Home With Birds in Row |url=https://diyconspiracy.net/birds-in-row-interview/ |website=DIY Conspiracy|date=18 November 2015 }}

The band released its second full-length studio album titled We Already Lost the World through Deathwish on July 13, 2018.{{cite web| last = Pessaro| first = Fred| title = Hear French Post-Hardcore Outfit Birds in Row's Explosive New Song '15-38'| work = Revolver| date = May 15, 2018| url = https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-french-post-hardcore-outfit-birds-rows-explosive-new-song-15-38| accessdate = May 15, 2018}} Coinciding with the album's official announcement in May 2018, the band released a lyric video for the track "15-38" online. Fred Pessaro of Revolver noted the track was a departure from the band's earlier material and that it was a "slow-burn emotional offering that grows deeper and darker as it progresses, eventually opening back up into the brand of {{sic|heaviosity}} that the trio is most associated with."

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Birds in Row is a three-piece band with a guitarist/vocalist, a bassist and a drummer. The faces of the members are intentionally cropped out of promotional photographs and music videos, and the original individual members were usually only referred to by the single letter initials: B, D or T. Birds in Row consciously make this effort in order to appear as a single entity rather than three individuals. The band commented, "It's not about some individuals, but songs, ideas, points of view that our three lives have in common. So as we've been asked for promo pics for several reasons, we decided to crop them so all you can see is a band." In 2014, the band went through a lineup change and D was replaced by Q.

Current Members

• Bart "B." Hirigoyen - guitar (2009–present)
• Quentin "Q" Sauve - bass (2014–present)

• You, Me & the Violence (2012, Deathwish)
• We Already Lost the World (2018, Deathwish)
• Gris Klein (2022, Red Creek)

• Collected (2012, Vitriol)

• Rise of the Phoenix (2009, Vitriol)
• Cottbus (2010, Vitriol)
• Personal War (2015, Deathwish)
• Birds in Row / WAITC (split with WAITC) (2015, Throatruiner)

• "Pilori" (2012, directed by Mr. Fifi)
• "Weary" (2015, directed by Florian Renault)
• "Can't Lie" (2015, directed by Mr. Fifi)
• "I Don't Dance" (2018, directed by Craig Murray)

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{{cite web| last = Solomon| first = Blake| title = Birds In Row Release New Video| work = AbsolutePunk| date = October 21, 2015| url = http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3734955| accessdate = October 25, 2015}}

{{cite web| title = Personal War - Birds in Row| work = AllMusic| publisher = All Media Network| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/personal-war-mr0004457356| accessdate = September 12, 2015}}

{{cite web| last = Yancey| first = Bryne| title = Birds In Row join Deathwish Inc.; new release planned for 2012| work = Alternative Press| date = November 17, 2011| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/birds_in_row_join_deathwish_inc._new_release_planned_for_2012| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Yancey| first = Bryne| title = Birds In Row perform 'Outro' live| work = Alternative Press| date = January 30, 2012| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/birds_in_row_perform_outro_live| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Yancey| first = Bryne| title = Loma Prieta, Birds In Row (Deathwish Inc.) announce tour| work = Alternative Press| date = February 15, 2012| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/loma_prieta_birds_in_row_deathwish_inc_announce_tour| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Yancey| first = Bryne| title = Touche Amore, Defeater announce tour with Code Orange Kids, Birds In Row| work = Alternative Press| date = March 6, 2012| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/touche_amore_defeater_announce_tour_with_code_orange_kids_birds_in_row| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Yancey| first = Bryne| title = Birds In Row (Deathwish Inc.) announce new album, release video| work = Alternative Press| date = June 5, 2012| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/birds_in_row_deathwish_inc_announce_new_album_release_video| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Yancey| first = Bryne| title = Converge announce European tour| work = Alternative Press| date = March 27, 2012| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/converge_announce_european_tour| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Kraus| first = Brian| title = The Chariot announce farewell tour dates with Glass Cloud, Rebuker, Birds In Row and To The Wind| work = Alternative Press| date = August 21, 2013| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_chariot_announce_farewell_tour_dates_with_glass_cloud_rebuker_birds_in| accessdate = December 8, 2013}}

{{cite web| last = Bazley| first = John| title = Birds In Row (Deathwish Inc.) stream 'Weary' from upcoming album| work = Alternative Press| date = September 20, 2015| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/birds_in_row_deathwish_inc._stream_weary_from_upcoming_album| accessdate = September 20, 2015}}

{{cite web| last = Cohen| first = Joshua T.| title = Birds in Row Interview| work = BlowTheScene.com| date = June 28, 2012| url = http://blowthescene.com/interviews/birds-in-row-interview.html| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite journal| last = Macomber| first = Shawn| date = January 2013| title = Birds in Row: French Trio Will Make You Say 'Fucking A'| journal = Decibel| issue = 99| pages = 18| publisher = Red Flag Media Inc.| issn = 1557-2137}}

{{cite web| title = Birds In Row: 'We are still a band'| work = Lambgoat| date = July 1, 2014| url = http://lambgoat.com/news/22810/Birds-In-Row--We-are-still-a-band| accessdate = July 1, 2014}}

{{cite web| last = Booth| first = Mitch| title = Interviews: Colossvs' Lochlan Watt interviews French tour buddies Calvaiire and Birds in Row| work = Metal Obsession| date = January 21, 2015| url = http://www.metalobsession.net/2015/01/21/colossvs-lochlan-watt-interviews-tour-buddies-calvaiire-and-birds-in-row/| accessdate = September 12, 2015}}

{{cite web| last = Hill| first = John| title = Enter Hell With Birds In Row and WAITC with This Two Track Premiere| work = Noisey| publisher = Vice| date = September 11, 2015| url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/birds-in-row-waitc-split-new/| access-date = September 12, 2015}}

{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/birds_in_row-personal_war | title=Birds In Row - Personal War | work=Exclaim! | date=21 October 2015 | accessdate=30 October 2015 | author=Ranjanathan, Branan}}

{{cite web| last = Paul| first = Aubin| title = Media: Birds in Row: 'A Kid Called Dreamer'| work = Punknews.org| date = December 16, 2011| url = http://www.punknews.org/article/45547/media-birds-in-row-a-kid-called-dreamer| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Paul| first = Aubin| title = Media: Birds in Row: 'Police & Thieves'| work = Punknews.org| date = August 22, 2012| url = http://www.punknews.org/article/48614/media-birds-in-row-police-and-thieves| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| last = Flynn| first = John| title = Tours: Birds in Row (UK)| work = Punknews.org| date = October 31, 2012| url = http://www.punknews.org/article/49512/tours-birds-in-row-uk| accessdate = December 17, 2012}}

{{cite web| title = Interview: Birds In Row (April 2015)| work = Punktastic| date = April 9, 2015| url = http://punktastic.com/interviews/interview-birds-in-row-april-2015/| accessdate = September 12, 2015}}

{{cite web| title = Hear French Post-Hardcore Outfit Birds in Row's Explosive New Song "15-38"| work = Revolver| date = May 15, 2018| url = https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-french-post-hardcore-outfit-birds-rows-explosive-new-song-15-38| accessdate = August 8, 2018}}

{{cite web|last=Dand |first=Rob |title=Interview: Birds in Row |work=SideOneTrackOne |date=June 25, 2012 |url=http://www.sideonetrackone.co.uk/interview-birds-in-row-july-2012/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421050639/http://www.sideonetrackone.co.uk/interview-birds-in-row-july-2012/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2013 |accessdate=December 17, 2012 }}

{{cite web| last = Le Blévec| first = Yoan| title = Paye ta tournée!| trans-title = Pay your tour!| language = French| work = Tranzistor| date = March 12, 2015| url = http://www.tranzistor.org/article-musique-actuelles-laval-mayenne-53-142/| accessdate = February 28, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305050600/http://www.tranzistor.org/article-musique-actuelles-laval-mayenne-53-142/| archive-date = March 5, 2016| url-status = dead}}

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• {{Official website|http://birdsinrow.free.fr/}}
• [https://archive.today/20130201032403/http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/birds_in_row Birds in Row discography] at Rate Your Music
• [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Birds+In+Row Birds in Row discography] at Discogs

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