Artist description If one thing could be said for certain about the Boston area trio bird gets the smile. it is that they refuse to surrender or yield to any one particular style or trend. It is impossible to pin them down to anything in particular, to bottle them up or package them nice and neat under any one rock genre. Simply put, bird gets the smile. defy all labels and definitions. Alternative? More than most. Indie rock? Sure. Punk rock? If you want. Emo core? Sometimes. Math rock? Don't forget your calculator. Whatever you may want to call it, bird gets the smile. plays brash, intelligent, and emotive music, combining intricately interwoven melodies, steady grooves, and spiraling, pounding rhythms that drag your brain to that warm and fuzzy place where all we love to live. Smart, aggressive, and poetic, it's only a matter of time before the world catches up with them.

Music Style post punk, energetic, rock, some may refer to as, but not prefer, emocore.

Musical Influences jawbox, helmet, braid, shutter to think, hey mercedes, joy division. the cure

Similar Artists jawbox, the cure, fugazi,braid, shiner, foo fighters, burning airlines, sunny day realestate,blink 182, sum 41, creed, pearl jam, nirvana, linkin park, jimmy eat world, saves the day, tool,braid

Artist History bird gets the smile. started by a chance meeting in a classroom @ Miami Dade Communuity College. There MikeP met MarioQ. After many attempts followed by death threats, MarioQ fainaly agreed to a rehearsal w/MikeP and drummer Sean Miller from Mike's band before Soft Easy Chair. Practice went on for a few months and in that time a decision was made to migrate north to boston. Unfortunatly Sean never made the jouney. in the persuit of money Mario and Mike aquire jobs at a resaurant called Division sixteen. During their employment there, they meet drummer Andrew Elinghaus from the now defunct band E.K.G.. then there was bird gets the smile.

Group Members Mike Pereira: bass/vocals Mario Quintero: guitar/vocals Andy Ellinghaus: drums

Instruments bass, drums, guitar, vocals, sometimes cello, always love

Albums you never knew whitey glew?

Press Reviews bird gets the smile. "You never knew Whitey glew?" www.birdgetsthesmile.com How in the hell do I describe this? Ok, I want to say it's indie rock, but it's not, and if I use that label, people may associate it with emo. It's something that's not quite punk enough to be punk, but they could still play a punk show. And they have parts that are hardcore enough to fit in to a hardcore show with the best of them, but they're not hardcore. I guess I kind of look at bird gets the smile. as my favorite "one hit wonder" band that was actually really good. You know, the bands that get that one song on the radio and are forever known for it (or forgotten), but you picked up their CD and found the rest of it to be enjoyable. Sure, there have been a ton of bands that you've heard that one song on the radio, bought the CD, and then rest of the CD sucked, but there have also been the winners. Bands like Superdrag and Nada Surf. I love those bands, and they're like a guilty pleasure to me. Every time I mention Nada Surf to someone, they're like, "Oh, that "Popular" band", and I have to tell them that they had other songs too. Well, to me, bird gets the smile is that kind of band that could get onto the mainstream radio with one really successful "hit", and then be cast aside, but still be embraced by a cult of listeners. They're the type of band that just needs to get their music out there, and then they will be huge. Once people hear them, they will be trapped and forced to declare them their new favorite band! Everyone has their guilty pleasures, no matter what "scene" you're into... Well, now, you don't have to feel guilty any more.

Location boston, ma - USA

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