Singer and pianist Mishkin Fitzgerald introduces her indie-noir band as they prepare to release crowd-funded third album, The Bullet Within, in June. Lead single The Bullet came out earlier this month.

“None of us are actually from Brighton but it’s our home now. I’m from London, I met Garry [bass/guitar/ backing vocals, from Dundee] at university and met Katha [drums/backing vocals, from Chemnitz[ while on tour in Germany. We thought she was too good to leave behind so we stole her. Tessa [violin/backing vocals, from Hertfordshire] joined us later through friends. Our line-up has changed over the years but every musician has brought something new and exciting to the band.

“The songs for The Bullet Within were written during 2012 and 2013. It’s definitely more in-depth, thought-out and precise than our previous records. We’ve also written a few songs together as a group, which has resulted in some amazing new direction – we’ve got a song that has four different time signatures!

“Our influences are lots of classical music, Muse, Nick Cave, Queen, Tool, Pink Floyd and anything weird and beautiful. The sound of The Bullet Within is a lot more ‘rock’, with bigger instrumentation and production. It definitely crosses over into new genres – electronica, metal and classical.

“Our fans are pretty dedicated, we’re very lucky that way. The Flock [the band’s name for their fans] is completely spread across the world so it’s hard to reach them all by touring. The Kickstarter campaign was a great way for us to reach out directly to them and ask them to get involved, no matter where they live. We’d also reached a point where we couldn’t progress further without some financial support.

“It took us just under 30 days to make the full amount and we ended up going over target to £11,000, which was a great bonus. It’s such a great way to get to know your fanbase and work together with them on making the next step happen. The album is now finished and it’s such a great feeling to know that your fanbase directly funded your work.

“The Bullet Within comes out this June and we’d love to tour it worldwide – especially in Mexico, where our core fanbase is. We’re also going to make and release several music videos this year and who knows what else... maybe we’ll make a start on album number four?”

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Website: birdeatsbaby.co.uk

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Twitter: @birdeatsbaby

YouTube: youtube.com/user/mishkinmullaly

New video for The Bullet: youtube.com/watch?v=swWve1YC5Qw