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Content Source: OztixSome songs come in a rush; some take their sweet time.
"Starlights" took us almost 5 years to build, says Birds Of Tokyo guitarist Adam Spark sheepishly. It always felt like we were trying to find something just beyond our reach.
We spent ages trying to understand what this song was meant to be - we just couldnt force it, adds singer Ian Kenny.
So, theres a strange symmetry in the anthemic rock track finally falling into place just as a perfect purpose revealed itself. This Sunday The Starlight Foundation - a high-profile charity which offers hope to seriously ill children - launches Streamas, a campaign using special online appearances to raise much needed funds for worthy work. Starlights has been donated as the soundtrack for Streamas campaign and Birds of Tokyo will kick off the campaign with a special YouTube performance.
Alongside a slew of summer concerts across January and February - including lots of new dates announced today (see below for all the details) - Birds Of Tokyo will also do some more hospital visits with Starlight Foundation to keep drawing attention to their good work.
All five Birds Of Tokyo members are now parents to young children which gives The Starlight Foundations work personal resonance, therefore, unlike the song itself, the idea of associating Starlights with the charity fell into place immediately.
"Theres something beautifully meta about all this, Adam Spark reflects. After half a decade of experimentation we ultimately ended up with a song that's about letting go of your fears and seizing the day so, as things have turned out, we couldnt have come up with a better soundtrack for The Starlight Foundation if we had tried.
Starlights is released today (Friday November 28th) and Birds Of Tokyo will launch Streamas with that exclusive YouTube fundraiser this Sunday, November 30.
Tickets for all new shows will then go onsale on Monday, December 1 at 10am local times. For more info follow please follow all the links at www.birdsoftokyo.com.
"Starlights" took us almost 5 years to build, says Birds Of Tokyo guitarist Adam Spark sheepishly. It always felt like we were trying to find something just beyond our reach.
We spent ages trying to understand what this song was meant to be - we just couldnt force it, adds singer Ian Kenny.
So, theres a strange symmetry in the anthemic rock track finally falling into place just as a perfect purpose revealed itself. This Sunday The Starlight Foundation - a high-profile charity which offers hope to seriously ill children - launches Streamas, a campaign using special online appearances to raise much needed funds for worthy work. Starlights has been donated as the soundtrack for Streamas campaign and Birds of Tokyo will kick off the campaign with a special YouTube performance.
Alongside a slew of summer concerts across January and February - including lots of new dates announced today (see below for all the details) - Birds Of Tokyo will also do some more hospital visits with Starlight Foundation to keep drawing attention to their good work.
All five Birds Of Tokyo members are now parents to young children which gives The Starlight Foundations work personal resonance, therefore, unlike the song itself, the idea of associating Starlights with the charity fell into place immediately.
"Theres something beautifully meta about all this, Adam Spark reflects. After half a decade of experimentation we ultimately ended up with a song that's about letting go of your fears and seizing the day so, as things have turned out, we couldnt have come up with a better soundtrack for The Starlight Foundation if we had tried.
Starlights is released today (Friday November 28th) and Birds Of Tokyo will launch Streamas with that exclusive YouTube fundraiser this Sunday, November 30.
Tickets for all new shows will then go onsale on Monday, December 1 at 10am local times. For more info follow please follow all the links at www.birdsoftokyo.com.