The Firebird Band
Archives
Lucid
2003
Rating: 7 ponytails out of 10
Some of you out there may already be familiar with the Firebird Band, a great and under-appreciated group who were formed by Chris Broach after his more famous band, Braid, broke up. Well, it appears that the band’s history goes back a little farther than that, to 1997 and a time when Braid was still around and The Firebird Band was just a side distraction for those days not filled with recording and touring (and Braid toured the crap out of this country when they were together). Through the years the group has gone through two other band names – the Firebird Suite and the Firebird Project, which leads me to believe someone must really like Pontiacs or has a hang-up with mythology. Broach is the only mainstay through all three line-ups, but his voice shapes the sound of the music so much that all three variations of the band sound pretty similar; which is to say, they sound a lot like Braid with the Van Pelt/the Lapse and Les Savy Fav mixed in. In fact, Chris Wilson is a part of the first two bands, who seems to be better known as Chris Leo, a key member of the Van Pelt and The Lapse, as well as helping his brother out in Ted Leo & the Pharmacists. This record basically culls all of the historical recording of these various incarnations onto one disc, as well as one track from the Firebird Band so you can hear how they’ve grown over the years. I highly doubt any former Braid fans will be anything other than joyous upon hearing this album, I know it made me quite happy.
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