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	The Wooden Birds March 17, 2009 Photo Gallery Official Band Website

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Our SXSW session with The Wooden Birds was the only performance of the week that we booked without hearing a note of music upfront. This, after all, is the new project of Andrew Kenny from American Analog Set. We’ve always been fans of AmAnSet and so when we saw he had a new band and was releasing the upcoming album Magnolia on Barsuk stateside and on the Morr Music label overseas, it was an instant no-brainer.

Andrew is a native Texan, but had spent about six years living in Brooklyn before relocating to Austin after last year’s SXSW festival. After AmAnSet split, he spent some time playing with Ola Podrida, Her Space Holiday, and even Broken Social Scene. The Wooden Birds was born with the help of his bandmate in Ola Podrida, David Wingo (who does not appear in this performance) after heading back to Texas.

In the interview portion, Andrew notes that the songs he ultimately chose for the album were ones that could be performed by a 5-piece band in a live setting. Some of the songs on Magnolia are older than others. They share a common thread in that they all tend to be fairly percussive and vocal heavy, sharing some lovely harmonies between Andrew and Leslie Sisson. Rounding out the band are Chris Michaels (who co-produced the album), Matthew Frank, and Michael Bell (from Lymbic System).

Enjoy this preview of Magnolia and pick it up when it hits stores on May 12th from Barsuk Records.

Track Listing:
Sugar (new/unreleased)
The Other One (new/unreleased)
Believe In Love (new/unreleased)
- interview -
Seven Seventeen (new/unreleased)
Anna Paula (new/unreleased)

02.05	Wild America
02.05	Love Collector
02.04	Follow That Bird!
01.22	Will Johnson
01.21	Freelance Whales
01.20	Lymbyc Systym
12.14	Tape Deck Mountain
12.11	Grooms
12.10	Fanfarlo
12.09	Band Of Skulls
11.30	The Drums
11.25	Electric Tickle Machine
11.24	Headlights
11.19	Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
11.18	Mission of Burma
11.17	Royal Bangs
11.09	Twin Tigers
08.13	These United States
08.10	The Low Anthem
08.06	Cass McCombs

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