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aBIRD releases "Nothing Like Us"

originally published: 06/25/2021

Adam Bird has been part of the New Jersey music scene for almost two decades from his work as lead singer of Perfuma, Those Mockingbirds, keyboards for Pioneer The Eel, and his newest project the indierock electro group aBIRD. His first single, "Nothing Like Us", was released on June 18 via Mint 400 Records. The song is a commentary on the growing wealth gap in the West, set to music that’s  one part industrial rock and one part ambient haze. 

"It’s about the rich being sick freaks," explained Bird. "My friend Jenna entirely made the artwork. I made the song with my friends Steve, Walter & of course Nick. This is a team effort with some of my closest friends."

“I’ve not had a great internal experience around music for quite awhile now," continued Bird. "The pandemic felt like a pressure relief when it came to my feelings in that area. No pressure to have “a thing” going on, like a show or some piece of activity. The rat race was on hold, finally. But as the world opens back up, I realize I don’t want to return to how I felt then, about music.  (About anything really, but that’s a longer story.)"

Tom Hanley of WRAT 95.5 FM premiered the track in May 2021 and called it, "A cool, energetic track that feels like summer while dealing with a serious subject." 

“Nothing Like Us” is the first piece of a project aBIRD has been working on for roughly 3 years. After  releasing 2017’s “Hard Times In Two Dimensions” produced by Dean Baltulonis [The Hold Steady], Adam Bird & musical partner Nick Ivory, promoted their new record with some live shows in the northeast US and also by becoming regulars on a web TV series called Band Nightmares where they appeared as themselves, and performed songs in multiple episodes. The series went on to be nominated for and win a number of minor awards worldwide and is now available for streaming on Amazon. 




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In 2020, aBIRD composed and provided the theme song for the serial sci fi podcast “My Parallel Life”, a project of rising comic book author Vera Greentea.

“Nothing Like Us” was mixed by Steve Carter and mastered by Walter Kazmier. 




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