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KILLS BIRDS
ART WALL KILLS BIRDS
WITH NINA LJETI
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I'm featuring artwork that I made for Kills Birds over the last year. During quarantine, I started painting and drawing again. I've never been confident in myself as a visual artist, but I find it helps me cope with my anxiety. My goal was to explore ways in which I could translate the music of Kills Birds into a visual arts medium. What you see here are some examples of that, and a lot of this artwork ended up being used as the single/LP artwork for our forthcoming album, "Married."
I was born in Bosnia in 1991. In 1992, a civil war broke out. My father, a Muslim in the military, helped us flee the country and eventually we settled in Canada. I grew up in the city of Windsor, an industrial town that shares a border with Detroit. As a kid, I was into punk, emo, and hip hop music, and I find that a lot of my artistic sensibilities stem from those genres of music. In addition to singing in Kills Birds, I am also a director, and I've done videos for artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Wallows,
and Crowded House among others.
I included the official artwork for our single "Glisten", our LP Married, the alternate artwork for our single "Rabbit." The "Ow" and "Linger" artwork are some of the first pieces I created to coincide with singles and outtakes from our first LP.
You'll also see a photo collage of the Neve 8028 console that we recorded "Married" on. Back story: We were fortunate enough to gain access to Dave Grohl's studio 606 for a week to record our second album. Dave acquired the Neve 8028 from the now defunct studio, Sound City. That console is historic: it's recorded artists like Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, and Weezer. And finally, you'll see a little animated film I made to coincide with the Married album promotion. It's my first animated film ever and I drew each frame by hand! So I'm really proud.
