Black Ice / Terrible Birds
Album: Terrible Birds   Collection:General
Artist:Black Ice   Added:Aug 2005
Label:Hungry Eye Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-09-11 Pull Date: 2005-11-13
Week Ending: Nov 13 Nov 6 Oct 30 Oct 23 Oct 16 Oct 9 Sep 25 Sep 18
Airplays: 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 15, 2024: On the Warpath
My Eyes Hurt
4. Nov 22, 2008: On The Warpath
My Eyes Hurt
2. Nov 13, 2010: On The Warpath
Fingers
5. Aug 09, 2008: Scatterbrain Radio
Elixer
3. Jul 18, 2009: Bloodstains Across Atherton-Now With 50% More Blasphemy
In Winter
6. Nov 13, 2005: Multiple Personality Disorder
Stiched Up

Album Review
Justin Davisson
Reviewed 2005-09-05
Oakland-based band with a mix of gothic and other dark and sullen sounds. Lots of tribal drumming. The vocals are an odd but interesting mix of Siouxie Sioux and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney. This mix doesn’t work everytime but generally it’s a pretty compelling blend.
((((1))) Varied drumming, goth-y vox, minimal keyboard patterns.
(((2))) Bahaus-like beat, creepy tempo, the vocals are too focus on annoying, scathing high-notes.
(((((3))))) Up beat, driving new-waveish darkness. Sioxie meets X-Ray Spex. Excellent!
(((4))) Slow, murky, early 80’s British sound namely: The Cure, Cocteau Twins and Sisters of Mercy
((((5)))) Trippy, slow movie soundtrackish, poetic/spoken lyrics, broken up scattered noises, percussion.
(((6))) Slow, meandering, so-so vocals.
(((7))) Winding, strummy, (FCC “Shit” sung twice)
((((8)))) Bleak & moody, slooow strums, pretty close to locals Neither, Neither World.
(((I(9)))) Noisy guitar, bassy backbone, campy yet dark keyboards. Bombastic chorus.

Track Listing
1. The Stillness   5. My Eyes Hurt
2. Terrible Birds   6. The Souse
3. Elixer   7. Yellow Letters
4. Stiched Up   8. In Winter
  9. Fingers