New Zealand Music Features

by Ben Howe
THE STORY OF THE BIRD NEST ROYS

THE STORY OF THE BIRD NEST ROYS

Liner notes for Me Want Me Get Me Need Me Have Me Love by Bird Nest Roys' Big Ross. We got together for the first time after many years for my wedding. As soon as we began to play I remembered something I had forgot about - we had a sound, a sonic vibe, some sort of harmonic racket thing. It was about guitars and valves and transistors, played loud, and it was more sonic, I think, than people recall now. Maybe the first EP's sound had twisted everyone's historic perspective, but we were always noisy and back in the day, soundmen...

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