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Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard

Welsh rockers unashamedly in love with the rock & roll sounds of the 1970s, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard play a swaggering, smart-assed blend of glam rock, power pop, and AOR built on loud guitars, bouncing rhythms, and the sharp vocals of classic frontman Tom Rees. The group broke through in 2020 with the rollicking singles "Double Denim Hop" and "John Lennon Is My Jesus Christ," then in 2022 delivered Backhand Deals, an exceedingly self-assured and hooky debut album. 2024's Skinwalker dabbled in more serious themes and expanded the group's musical boundaries without sapping their rock & roll spirit or their sense of humor. Formed in Cardiff in 2017, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard features Tom Rees on vocals and guitar, Zac White on guitar, Ed Rees on bass, and Ethan Hurst on drums. Tom Rees and Hurst were sharing a flat and playing in a group called Tibet when Rees began writing songs and recording demos with a different sound, inspired by classic rock bands of the '70s. In February 2017, Rees released four of his recordings as an EP titled Songs from This Year, credited to Buzzard. Rees passed the EP along to his friend Davey Newington (who would later form the group Boy Azooga), and Newington offered to help get Rees a gig for his new band. Since Buzzard was a one-man studio project, he had no band, but not wanting to pass up an opportunity, he recruited his brother Ed Rees to play bass and Ethan brought in his friend White to play guitar. Expanding the name to Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, they began playing out in March 2017, and through frequent gigging they formed their musical personality and learned how to deliver for their audience. Their fan following grew, and in time included the Welsh actor and activist Michael Sheen; when Sheen brought the Homeless World Cup competition to Cardiff, he asked Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard to write a song for the occasion. "Daffodil Hill" was their contribution to the event, and the song gave them an audience across the U.K. for the first time. The group quickly followed it up with two more tracks, "Late Night City" and "Love Forever," and their profile rose in 2020 with the success of "John Lennon Is My Jesus Christ" and "Double Denim Hop." In July 2020, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard collected the cream of their recordings to date on The Non-Stop EP, a set of songs that summed up their glam-infused hard rock attack. The group continued releasing singles at breakneck pace during 2020 with "30,000 Megabucks" in October and "Christmas Is Coming (You Know the Score)" in December. Recording for their first album soon commenced and finished tracks trickled out as advance notices throughout 2021 as the band got back to playing live shows, including summer festivals in the U.K. and a sold-out show in their hometown. The self-produced Backhand Deals hit shelves in early 2022. A mix of high-energy power pop and thoughtful deconstructions of what it means to be a rock star in the 2020s, the effort was issued by Missing Piece and Communion Records. The album was well received by critics, and was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize. The band toured extensively in support, but the life of a touring rock star proved to be more demanding than Tom Rees expected, and he found himself dealing with mental health issues during his time off the road. His journey toward better health informed a number of songs on Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard's second album, 2024's Skinwalker, which also found the group expanding their musical boundaries with new influences, including funk on "National Rust" and hard rock crunch on "Shew." Fans worried they were losing their sense of humor were reassured by numbers like "My Star Sign Is a Basset Hound. "
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