Birds and Beasts Records was launched to release music written and recorded by musician/songwriter/producer - Leo Brazil.
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Operating out of Leo Brazil's studio in West Yorkshire and evolving fast with lots of releases, new projects and collaborations.
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Leo launched the label with Tiger Inside, a collaboration with Yorkshire blues supergroup Wadcutter Blues that reworked an old song of Leo's to celebrate twenty years of songwriting and described by Local Sound Focus as 'a storming slab of blues rock...guaranteed to leave you grinning'.
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The second release 'Alone' was announced as the title cut from a forthcoming solo album with Leo playing all the instruments himself and planting himself in the mellow acoustic indie-folk field. Further releases are building momentum and interest for the album and garnered some nice plaudits 'emotionally raw and brilliantly crafted' - Click Roll Boom.
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Leo likes to have fun with his music and Halloween 2024 was celebrated with the release of 'Bats, bats, BATS!!!' - a strange slab of spooky psychedelia cooked up at home with a self produced and suitably zany music video.
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Leo's new band Bone Wars have released a few songs from an upcoming album that combines intense psychedelic rock with songs that explore the history of paleontology and an obsession with dinosaurs. 'Forward-thinking, fresh and familiar and soaked in lysergic trippiness, the perfect blend of occident and orient, eastern spice and western groove.' - The Big Takeover
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With a fierce commitment to the DIY ethos, releases on Birds and Beasts Records all feature artwork and music videos created by Leo Brazil at home using experimental film and animation.
"... fragile and dreamy...authentic, heartwarming...beautiful"
"... a distinctive sound. Inspired by ’60s psychedelia and folk...a nuanced balance of gentle acoustics, sizzling synths and electric guitars."
"...chock-full of suitably crunchy riffs and addictive hooks that are irresistibly uplifting..."
"...That was simply amazing! Both the music and the video showcase incredible production quality. I must say I truly enjoyed this track from the very beginning, every second feels vivid and colorful."
"...raw and bloody raucous...an edge of psychedelic madness...a wall of gorgeous sound that will leave you breathless"
"...fascinating music...a cornucopia of genres all thrown gleefully into the stylistic melting pot and glued together by a beautiful concept...a high energy record which demands and rewards repeated listens."
"...Bone Wars deliver their high-octane trippy anthem "Terrible Lizards". Immerse yourself in the psychedelic soundscape that will draw in you via the intoxicating guitar riffs, mesmerising keys, grooving rhythms and alluring vocal melodies. FFO Pink Floyd and Zeppelin..."
Bedlam Bookings
"a fusion of soulful melodies and poignant emotion, serves as an introspective journey through themes of forgiveness, regret, understanding, and new beginnings, all wrapped in an effortlessly smooth and timeless sound."
"...well-placed confidence in the songwriting department...colourful and joyous...groove filled, thumping and purposeful."
"...a magnificent debut composition that will not only resonate with psych rock fans but also those listeners who appreciate fresh, multilayered music..."