Line #17 Music/Birdeatsbaby


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0020-8333990559_c7abdd4867chibitropes_8509.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:From right to left: Keely, Mishkin, Katha and Garry]]
3	Birdeatsbaby is a DarkCabaret quartet formed in 2008 and based in Brighton. The dark and twisted quality of their music videos has gained them some degree of fame. Just like [[FollowTheLeader that other]] [[Music/{{AmandaPalmer}} dark cabaret band]], they present a lot of piano lead poptunes, supplemented with drums, guitar, and violin.
4	Singer and pianist Mishkin Fitzgerald has also released a solo album, and works in electro-math-rock band Cat Fire Radio.
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6	'''Current Line-Up:'''
7	* Mishkin Fitzgerald: Vocals and piano
8	* Garry Mitchell: Guitar and bass guitar
9	* Hana Maria: Violin, cello, and additional vocals
10	* Pablo Paracchino: Percussion
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12	'''Former Members:'''
13	* Keely Mcdonald: Violin and additional vocals
14	* Philippa Bloomfield: Ex-drummer. Directed the video for "The Sailor's Wife" after her departure.
15	* Ella Stirmey: Cello and additional vocals
16	* Charlie Reith-Pert: Ex-drummer.
17	* Katha Rothe: Percussion
18	* Tessa Gilles: Violin
19	* Forbes Coleman: Percussion and synths
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21	!This band contains examples of:
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23	* BaroquePop
24	* CatchPhrase: "FLOG THAT HORSE !"
25	* CoverVersion: Birdeatsbaby has released covers of songs by Music/{{Muse}}, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Marilyn Manson}}, Music/{{Korn}}, Music/{{Hole}}, and Music/{{PJ Harvey}} to name a few.
26	* ElegantClassicalMusician: All of them, given the theme for the band.
27	* FieryRedhead: Mishkin.
28	* TheFlapper: The band sometimes dress up like this.
29	* GenreShift: The bombastic cabaret theme of the early videos has been somewhat withdrawn from their latest videos, giving place to more desaturated colors à la [[Creator/ChristopherNolan Nolan]], and more melancholic songs.
30	* GenreThrowback: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epzG4Jj7vOA "Feast of Hammers"]] music video evokes Hammer Horror movies.
31	* GothicHorror: ''The Bullet Within'' borrows from this genre, particularly the song Hands of Orlac which is named after a gothic horror film.
32	* GranolaGirl: Birdeatsbaby approves veganism.
33	* GratuitousGerman: The occasional case from Katha.
34	* HarshVocals: Mishkin alternates between this and more gentle vocalizations.
35	* HauntedHeroine: The subject of "Ghosts".
36	* {{Motifs}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFBicIjgEGU Anchors]], for the "Feast of Hammers" album.
37	* LastChorusSlowDown: "Love Will Bring You Nothing".
38	* LooksLikeCesare: Mishkin, in the "Incitatus" video.
39	* MurderBallad: Love Will Bring You Nothing.
40	* ObligatoryBondageSong: A variation: "Miserable" is about a woman who is into BDSM, but the narrator of the song seems to disapprove of her lifestyle.
41	** Played straight in "Temple".
42	* RiotGrrrl: The movement seems to have at least influenced the band, though it is unknown if Birdeatsbaby identifies itself as a part of it.
43	* RunningGag: Although unintentional, reading the reviews and seeing almost none of them describe Birdeatsbaby as being the same genre provides a few smiles.
44	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Mishkin trains in kickboxing in real life. She is shown training and fighting in the "Present Company" video from her first solo single.
45	* PrincessCurls: Mishkin in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romVq9JbdAo Rosary]].
46	* SanitySlippageSong: "Incitatus"
47	* TakeThat: Gone, Jim, and The Replacement. All quite vicious and open.
48	** "Part of Me" may be the band's most scathing song to date.
49	* TeenageDeathSongs: Seventeen.
50	* UncommonTime: The verses of "Tenterhooks" are effectively in 22/8 time, and sections of "The Bullet" are in phrases of 5.
51	* VomitIndiscretionShot: In "Feast of Hammers", when Mishkin sees the masked men in action.
52	* WholePlotReference: The entire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2F8ZzjW610 "I Always Hang Myself With The Same Rope"]] video is one to Creator/AlfredHitchcock movies.
53	* WordSaladLyrics: Most of the album Here She Comes-a-Tumblin' was the result of a teenage Mishkin's insomnia-induced hallucinations and nightmares, resulting in some particularly [[MindScrew strange and terrifying imagery]] on more than one occasion.

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