We recorded 4 New Songs EP this summer and you can go download it from The Record Machine website. We were also recently featured on Daytrotter.com where we record a few older songs that you can download from their site.
Add comment | August 28th, 2008
Our new record Mostly Ghostly is at College Radio right now. The record came in at #162 in the Top 200. Its a great start but we would love to get it higher. If you would like to help please contact these stations below. Make them your friends on myspace, email, call, and request us. Please and Thank you
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Add comment | March 5th, 2008
Our new record Mostly Ghostly is now available from The Record Machine. They also have launched a new website.
Press:
Radio UTD:
 Mostly Ghostly is more cohesive than their previous album, Marching Thru The Wilderness, and has amplified both the intensity and the charm of this Ohio band. This album is very strong, as well, so don’t be surprised if you want to listen to the entire album all the way through every time.
Full Review:Â here
We are still looking for a horn player (trumpet, sax, trombone…violin could work too) to fill in for Matt on our upcoming tour. If anybody is interested please get a hold of us. We have new dates up the tour section. Thanks
Add comment | March 3rd, 2008
Spin.com Band of the Day
Mostly Ghostly presents glorious, full-bodied tracks that swell with a plethora of instrumentation and gospel-like choruses.
Full Article: Here
Add comment | February 18th, 2008
You can now pre-order our new cd Mostly Ghostly from The Record Machine online store.
We recorded 4 songs from My Old Kentucky Blog and Sirius Radio Left of Center. You can download them from here or on our music page.
The press for Mostly Ghostly keeps on rolling in.
NPR.ORG Second Stage Podcast:
State Bird have matured with an experimental cohesiveness on their new record, Mostly Ghostly.
Podcast: Here
BitWorks Music:
State Bird has given us a real gem, and they leave us with this moral: “don’t go out into the woods–there are bears and wolves waiting to hurt you.”
Full Review: Here
Brooklyn Rocks
As the band uses a mix of non-traditional instruments and each of the songs seems to have some sort of musical surprise, a hypothetical point of comparison may be Devendra Banhart meets Danny Elfman.
Full Review: Here
Cleveland Free Times
In recent years, strange things have been happening in folk music. You have the commune-friendly freak-folk of Devendra Banhart, the Jesus-friendly folk of Sufjan Stevens, and the teen-friendly anti-folk of acts like Kimya Dawson (whose backhanded “hey, don’t kill yourself” approach to folk recently fell upon the ears of the 10 million-plus who’ve seen Juno). But stranger yet, if there’s an act that free-falls right into the center of this big contemporary folk blanket, it’s State Bird, and the duo (Jared Riblet and Coby Hartzler) hails from Dover, Ohio.
Full Review: Here
Add comment | February 7th, 2008
The Pitch
But what makes State Bird unique are the lively snippets of instrumentation and vocals that weave in and out of every track, transporting the listener to a ’60s love-in, a Southern tent revival or a backwoods carnival — in some cases, all in the same song.
full review: here
Add comment | January 24th, 2008
Cleveland Free Times: Ten Bands to Watch in 2008
The album’s the second batch of eclectic folk-inspired gems in as many years, and it’s crammed thick with haunting evocations, tribal incantations and soul-stirring melodies that sound years beyond their still-budding spheres of reference.
full review: here
30 Music
Afterwards the campfire ashes are infused into a few songs, continuations of State Bird’s folkie sounds but a little darker than on the first half of the album. This is at its best on “The Golden Glowing Mask”, a haunted vision of dancing around the fire with a jazz mariachi player blowing on a melted trumpet.
full review: here
I Rock Cleveland
State Bird’s “The Golden Glowing Mask” certainly has that impromptu jam session feel to it, and the accompanying band photo featuring young, bare chested men in war paint screams “Freak folk.” Yet, it takes a decidedly pop turn at the midway point and is wrapped up tidily in just over three-and-a-half minutes, making it one of the more economical excursions to the outer limits of the mind you’re likely to encounter. How 21st Century of them! With the specter of global warming all around us, and stressed natural resources pushing gas prices higher and higher, everyone has to do their part, and these freaky folk are more than happy to cut back on extraneous solos for the good of future generations.
full review: here
Add comment | January 18th, 2008
Left Hip Magazine:
“Every tune seems to unleash one brilliant surprise or another - lush orchestration that leaps suddenly to the fore, shockingly original riffs marching out of nowhere, or fascinating mixtures of the acoustic and electric. the clean and the distorted.”
full review: here
Side One: Track One
“State Bird- I Saw The Light: I didn’t mention the fact that the new album has a pilgrim/indian them in the intro because of one particular reason, it doesn’t actually make sense until you hear this song. Once you do though I’m sure you’ll easily be able to imagine a bunch of indie kids skipping around and singing-a-long with this rustic jam. Or, you’ll just hear a song that is lush beyond belief and you won’t be able to picture any sort of tribal gathering. Either way, both view points will result in hands in the air and smiles on the faces. I’d say that’s all” that matters.
full review: here
Add comment | December 6th, 2007
This is the last video from our weekend in Michigan. We have been in New York the last couple days and we will have some videos up from our shows here soon.
Add comment | November 17th, 2007
