March Fires
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| Studio album by Birds of Tokyo | ||||
| Released | 1 March 2013 | |||
| Recorded | February - October 2012 (see recording) |
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| Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 47:25 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Dave Cooley | |||
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| Singles from March Fires | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| The Sydney Morning Herald |   |
| The West Australian | |
| The Music | very positive |
| Rip It Up | 4.5 / 5 |
| Tom Magazine | |
March Fires is the fourth studio album by Western Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo. It was released on 1 March 2013 in Australia, North American and Europe through EMI. It is the band's second major-label studio album release after 2010's Birds of Tokyo under EMI. It is also the first album by the band not to feature founding member Anthony Jackson, after he had left the band in 2011. His replacement, Ian Berney, makes his debut appearance on the album as the band's new bassist.
March Fires released to very positive reviews, and the album became the band's first ARIA #1 album and also marked the band's international album chart debut, charting at #26 on the RIANZ album chart.
Birds of Tokyo entered the studio to record their fourth studio album in February 2012. The album was primarily recorded in Los Angeles, California on the western United States. The band recorded over a 6-month period lasting until July. Kingsize Studio and The Hobby Shop in Eagle Rock, along with the Sound Factory and Oceanway Studios in Hollywood hosted these sessions. A final week-long session was conducted in October 2012 at The Hoop Hut in Sydney, Australia before the album officially ceased recording later that month. The album is notably the first album to feature bassist Ian Berney, after founding member and previous bassist Anthony Jackson left the band due to spiritual reasons. March Fires is the first ever material released by the band not to be recorded with Jackson.
The artwork for March Fires and it's singles were created by Australian graphic designer, art director, and album artist Leif Podhajsky. Podhajsky's work explores themes of connectedness, love, fear, magic, the relevance of nature and the psychedelic or altered experience, and uses techniques such as pattern, recursion, balance, symmetry and repetition. By utilizing these subjects he attempts to "coerce the viewer into a realignment with themselves and their surroundings". Podhajsky's work has been described as "striking abstractions of nature – mirrored vistas, engulfing waves, rippling, melting cosmic landscapes". He had previously worked with other bands over the past few years to produce album artwork such as The Vines' 2011 album, Future Primitive and Tame Impala's albums Innerspeaker and Lonerism.
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