Clipd Beaks
Clipd Beaks was formed in early 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Aric Blodgett, Nic Barbeln, Greg Pritchard, Ray Benjamin and Scott Ecklein. These longtime friends decided to start making music together after many years of playing in two separate bands. The name "Clipd Beaks" was lifted from the title of a song from one of these previous bands. In the summer of 2003, Clipd Beaks recorded and self-released the EP "Gang Caves".
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BTW Clipd Beaks recently released the cassette-only To Realize companion A World Without End, but judging from their ongoing focus on apocalyptic imagery, you get the sense they think the world’s a... Read more
Even though the members of Clipd Beaks have been in sunny California for several years now, their music has never escaped the glacial pace of life in their native Minnesota. Like their neighbors i... Read more
To Realize"class="left feature" />The three dudes (lines on their Facebook page like “ate our weight in burritos,” “stop being a weenie,” and “band trip to the bar to watch the Vikings game,” sarca... Read more
Calling an album "mature" is often a death knell for creativity and excitement, but in the case of To Realize, it's good thing. Clipd Beaks have never been tied to traditional songwriting-their 200... Read more
When Clipd Beaks raged onto the scene a few years back, critics instantly lumped the Oakland-based three-piece into the HEALTH-y school of rhythmic, monochromatically abrasive noise rock — th... Read more
On Clipd Beaks’ 2007 album Hoarse Lords, each mangled analog-synth whoop, feral vocal, and pick-stabbed bassline entered the mix as abruptly as a set of tire spikes. The band makes these and ... Read more
Clipd Beaks have been specializing in decidedly damaged post-punk since 2003, their wares a far cry from the black tie Joy Division reheating that started to fog up the landscape at about that time... Read more
On Monday we posted "Home," a warped-sounding slow-builder from Oakland BTW Clipd Beaks'To Realize. In that writeup, I mentioned speaking with vocalist Nick Berbeln about the collection's Liars-esq... Read more
Graphic design typically isn't the best characteristic by which to measure an album, but for California art punks Clipd Beaks, it at least gives a slight glimpse into what kind of madness lies ther... Read more
As mentioned when posting "Blood," the raucous Liars-esque opener from Oakland BTW Clipd Beaks'To Realize, the noise-rock trio's post-"Visions" sophomore collection blows past 2007's Hoarse Lords. ... Read more
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