Brooklyn artist John Brodeur conceived Bird Streets as his return to a band format after a lengthy stint as a solo artist. The new point of view proved to be artistically freeing, moving Brodeur to officially adopt the moniker as his nom de guerre with the release of a self-titled 2018 LP. That album, produced by indie-pop hero Jason Falkner (Beck, Daniel Johnston), was a refreshing blast of classic-yet-modern melodic rock that received accolades from PopMatters (“a rock sol…

Claude says:Bird Streets is John Brodeur's return to the band format after years solo—indie rock with folk-pop warmth and 90s sensibility—and you caught The Escape Artist early, letting "Run For Our Lives" slip into your archive like a new discovery worth revisiting.