Birds of Tokyo
Birds of Tokyo are an Australian alternative rock band from Perth . It is singer Ian Kenny's second project alongside Karnivool .
biography
The band was founded in 2004 in Perth , Western Australia , and released their first recordings a year later. The song Stay from their debut single got them first attention and was honored as rock song of the year with the WAMi-Award of the Western Australian music industry. The debut album One Day , released in 2007, also received awards, but remained a local success. With the follow-up album Universes , released just a year later , they made their breakthrough throughout Australia and reached number 3 on the album charts.
Birds of Tokyo were able to finally establish themselves in 2010 with the third album, which bears the band name as its title. With number 2, they again achieved a top position in the Australian album charts and platinum status with over 70,000 albums sold . In addition, they had a single hit with Plans , which even made it into the New Zealand charts. Hayley Mary, front woman of the Jezabels , supported her vocals on Discoloured on her album Brace .
Members
- Ian Kenny, singer
- Adam Spark, guitarist
- Adam Weston, drummer
- Glenn Sarangapany, keyboardist
- Ian Berney, bass player
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AU | NZ | |||
2008 | Universes |
AU3
gold
(13 weeks)AU |
- | |
2010 | Birds of Tokyo |
AU2
platinum
(46 weeks)AU |
- | |
2013 | March Fires |
AU1
platinum
(16 weeks)AU |
NZ26 (1 week) NZ |
|
2016 | Brace |
AU3 (4 weeks) AU |
- | |
2020 | Human design |
AU1 (... week) AU |
- |
More studio albums
- 2007: Day One
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AU | NZ | |||
2010 | The Broken Strings Tour |
AU11 (3 weeks) AU |
- |
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AU | NZ | |||
2015 | Playlist |
AU4 (10 weeks) AU |
- |
EPs
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AU | NZ | |||
2012 | This Fire |
AU32
gold
(1 week)AU |
- | |
2015 | Anchor |
AU33
platinum
(12 weeks)AU |
- |
More EPs
- 2005: Birds of Tokyo
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AU | NZ | |||
2010 | Plans Birds of Tokyo |
AU11 × 3
(31 weeks)AU |
NZ32 (13 weeks) NZ |
|
Wild at Heart Birds of Tokyo |
AU50
platinum
(2 weeks)AU |
- | ||
2013 | Lanterns March Fires |
AU3 × 4
(19 weeks)AU |
- | |
2015 | I'd Go with You Anywhere Playlist |
AU18th
gold
(9 weeks)AU |
- | |
2019 | Good Lord Human Design |
AU19th × 2
(13 weeks)AU |
- |
More singles
- 2005: One Way / Stay
- 2006: Off Kilter
- 2007: Black Sheets
- 2007: Wayside
- 2008: Silhouettic
- 2008: Broken Bones
- 2008: Wild Eyed Boy
- 2008: White Witch
- 2009: Head in My Hands
- 2010: The Saddest Think I Know
- 2011: Circles
- 2012: This Fire
- 2015: Anchor
- 2016: Brace
- 2016: Empire
- 2018: Unbreakable
- 2019: The Greatest Mistakes
- 2020: Two of Us (AU:gold)
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Web links
- official website (English)
- official MySpace page
- Birds of Tokyo on Allmusic (English)