Birdflesh - Happy Fun Sumo Sandwich

The best thing about this tape is that I have no fucking idea how I ended up owning it. I cannot for the life of me remember where I got the thing from! Anyway, this is a transparent purple tape containing a live set of Birdflesh performing in Japan. The quality is fairly clear, and the band play all the hits, but it definitely remains at the level of being a completist item for Birdflesh fans; I doubt that anyone new to the group would find anything of merit here. Out on the fantastic Haunted Hotel Records.

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Birdflesh / Hatebeak - Split 7"

This here is one of the very first 7"s I ever bought! Birdflesh split with the hilarious Hatebeak on Relapse Records. I have the repress edition of 500 on transparent purple / green splatter. The original press consisted of 400 yellow and 100 clear (currently for sale on Discogs from Relapse themselves).

Hatebeak are just a novelty. If you've not heard them, it's quite interesting. It's pretty bog-standard low-production value death metal with a parrot as a vocalist. Yes, the parrot is also capable of death metal lows as well as it's natural shrieks. Excellent!

Birdflesh are as happy and chirpy as ever, their tunes very uplifting for grind, almost a party vibe going on here. "Harmony Barn" will get you headbanging like a clinically insane maniac, while "Happy Death" is just ridiculous. Happy awesome grind for all!

For those of you who have not been enlightened to Hatebeak: