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Birds of Tokyo

Birds of Tokyo is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stand Atlantic, Gotye, Architecture in Helsinki, Muse and The Jezabels. Those roots explain a lot about how Birds of Tokyo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Powderfinger, Gyroscope, Grinspoon, The Living End and Thirsty Merc, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Silversun Pickups, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Birds of Tokyo, reaching back through Stand Atlantic and forward to Silversun Pickups. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Birds of Tokyo are an Australian alternative rock band from Perth. Their debut album, Day One, gained them domestic success, reaching number three on the AIR Independent Album charts and spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top ten.

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Birds of TokyoStand AtlanticGotyeArchitecture in Hels…MuseThe JezabelsKarnivoolHelmetPearl JamSilversun PickupsPowderfingerGyroscopeGrinspoonThe Living EndThirsty MercRegurgitatorNoiseworksThe Rubens

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Birds of Tokyo connections

Birds of Tokyo grew out of Stand Atlantic, Gotye, Architecture in Helsinki and Muse, shares an orbit with Powderfinger, Gyroscope, Grinspoon and The Living End, went on to shape Silversun Pickups. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Birds of Tokyo

Roots11

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