Protect the Spores

Don't just follow blindly and become a sheeple. Question everything and don't drink the Kool-Aid

Get Onboard

Forever//Over

Last May

Living In My Skin

HACKING☆PARADISE
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Written, produced & performed by:
Vi Ellis - https://soundcloud.com/v1xl3t
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Dark Transfiguration

Interlude

Ferris

Blackbirds FC's third album!

This record has been a long labour of love for the band and features ten hand-tooled total bangers including the singles Rings Around the Sun, Lake of Stars and What's the Half-Life of Loving You?

Lyrically it talks about love (mainly gone wrong), politics (also going wrong), the young and the future (could go either way...). Musically it calls on the noisy spirits of all our influences including Wilco, The Church, the Go-Betweens, Beck and. Midnight Oil. 

The record title, Desire Lines, is partly a reference to the informal, unplanned pathways that people create despite the efforts of designers.

These lines typically cut across a planned route or area, often due to a more convenient or direct route and seemed like a good fit on a variety of levels for this record. 

Credits
Released July 11, 2025

Blackbirds FC are: 

Jeff Baker – Guitar 
Phil Campbell – Drums, percussion
Julien Chick – Bass, vocals 
Jeremy Gronow – Vocals, guitar, keyboards, string arrangements 
Gina Hearnden – Vocals, acoustic guitar 
Bec Long – Cello, lighting design

With Cameron McKenzie - Guitars, keyboards, vocals.

Produced by Cameron McKenzie at Station Place Studios, March - December 2024.
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, January 2025.

Cover design: Phil Campbell
Band Photo: Jon Baxter

Made in the country of the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong People of the Eastern Kulin Nation. Blackbirds FC pay respect to their past, present, and future Elders and recognise their continued connection to the land and waters of this place. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Contact: blackbirdsfcband@gmail.com
www.blackbirdsfc.com.au

Copyright: Blackbirds FC 2025
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What's The Half Life Of Loving You?

still in me

A tune born from the frustrations of a fascist led society from which we are unable to escape from due to the controlling influence of the one percent who strive for power and greed. I tried to replicate the disgust and immense dislike of these individuals by way of uneasy guitars to create a disturbing backdrop that seems to be the world we live in.

Spending my time

Track 14

☆ B R U T E ☆ F O R C E ☆ P A R A D I S E ☆
- Releasing Records & Demons from the Void -

Interlude

HACKING☆PARADISE

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