Listen: Bird Concerns – The Monster – The Alternative Nation

Bird Concerns is a four-piece garage rock band from Los Angeles, California. The musical collective began as a collaboration between fellow CalArts students, Marcus Buser (Bass, Vocals), Travis Meador (Guitar, Vocals), Jake Sucher (Guitar, Vocals) and Cooper Wolken (Drums, Vocals). Built upon four-part harmonies, interweaving guitars and infectious rhythms, Bird Concerns are delivering a fresh approach to rock’n’roll.

New single, ‘The Monster’ thematically focuses on facing internal demons as well as learning to love the parts of yourself that other people don’t understand. Bird Concerns strive to recreate their live sound within the studio recording as authentically as possible. Sonically, the track draws from 90’s grunge and new-wave music, featuring gritty guitars, tight vocal harmonies and driving drum beats. Fueled by early musical influences of punk and garage artists, this three and a half minute surf rock confessional glides through darkness and light, searching for a way to live authentically in life. Buser expresses, “The Monster is inspired by my own struggles with depression, anxiety and misplaced guilt. It’s a song about learning to accept yourself and in turn give acceptance to others”.