Liverbirds (album)
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Liverbirds is an acoustic
Acoustic music
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 alternative
Alternative rock
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 album by punk rock
Punk rock
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 singer Joey Cape
Joey Cape
Randal "Joey" Cape is an American singer, songwriter and producer. Active since 1989, Cape is best known as the frontman of the seminal California punk rock band Lagwagon....

 of Lagwagon
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Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, just outside Santa Barbara, California. They formed in 1990 and went on hiatus and reunited several times over the years...

 and southern rock
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 singer Jon Snodgrass of Drag the River
Drag The River (Colorado band)
Drag the River is an alt-country band hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. The band formed in 1996 when members Chad Price and Jon Snodgrass recorded 20 or so songs which were released as demos in 2000. All the members of the band come from a punk rock background. Price and ex-member...

, self-released on April 1, 2010.

The album was originally only available for purchase at Joey and Jon's acoustic shows during their European tour with Tony Sly
Tony Sly
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 in February–February 2010, but it was finally made available for online purchase on their webstore on April 1, 2010.

The album features songs from Cape's bands Lagwagon
Lagwagon
Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, just outside Santa Barbara, California. They formed in 1990 and went on hiatus and reunited several times over the years...

 and Bad Astronaut
Bad Astronaut
Bad Astronaut is an American indie/punk rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a new style of pop, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters....

 and from Snodgrass' bands Drag the River
Drag The River (Colorado band)
Drag the River is an alt-country band hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. The band formed in 1996 when members Chad Price and Jon Snodgrass recorded 20 or so songs which were released as demos in 2000. All the members of the band come from a punk rock background. Price and ex-member...

 and Armchair Martian
Armchair martian
Armchair Martian, formed in the early 1990s, is a trio based out of Fort Collins, CO. They are a punk and Alt-Country band influenced by Descendents, Husker Du, and Uncle Tupelo...

 in new acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 alternative country
Alternative country
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-flavored renditions. Each members has contributed 5 songs, with one of Jon's songs - "Spiderman, Wolfman" being a previously unreleased new song.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Joey Cape
    Joey Cape
    Randal "Joey" Cape is an American singer, songwriter and producer. Active since 1989, Cape is best known as the frontman of the seminal California punk rock band Lagwagon....

    - lead vocals (tracks 1–5), acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon Snodgrass - lead vocals (tracks 6–10), acoustic guitar, backing vocals
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