I Became Birds

by Home Is Where

I Became Birds cover art

Clocking in at under twenty minutes, this fiercely concise album became a defining cornerstone of the 'fifth-wave emo' movement. The Florida-based band utilizes extremely abrasive, throat-shredding vocals alongside prominent musical saws, harmonicas, and acoustic guitars. The intensely cathartic lyricism tackles frontman Brandon MacDonald's coming out as a trans woman, utilizing surreal body-horror and apocalyptic imagery to articulate gender dysphoria.

Genres

  • Midwest Emo
  • Post-Hardcore

Tracklist

  1. L Ron Hubbard Was Way Cool
  2. Long Distance Conjoined Twins
  3. Sewn Together from the Membrane of the Great Sea Cucumber
  4. The Scientific Classification of Stingrays
  5. Assisted Harakiri
  6. The Old Country