Brave Bird

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Ann Arbor, Michigan | genre = {{flatlist| *Midwest emo *math rock }} | years_active = {{start date|2011}}–{{end date|2014}} | label = Count Your Lucky Stars | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|https://www.facebook.com/bravebirdmi}} | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Brave Bird''' was an American emo band from Ann Arbor, Michigan.

==History== Brave Bird began in 2011 with the release of a split with the band Pity Sex.<ref name="michigandaily">{{cite web|last1=Bohn|first1=John|title=John Bohn: How Ann Arbor's emo revival influenced my college years (continued)|date=30 May 2013 |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/john-bohn-emo-column|publisher=Michigan Daily|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref> In 2012, Brave Bird signed to Count Your Lucky Stars Records.<ref name="alternativepress">{{cite web|last1=Yancey|first1=Bryne|title=Brave Bird join Count Your Lucky Stars Records|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/brave_bird_join_count_your_lucky_stars_records|publisher=Alternative Press|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref> In 2013, Brave Bird released their first and only full-length album titled ''Maybe You, No One Else Worth It'' on Count Your Lucky Stars Records.<ref name="altpress">{{cite web|last1=Kraus|first1=Brian|title=Album Premiere: Brave Bird, 'Maybe You, No One Else Worth It'|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/album_premiere_brave_bird_maybe_you_no_one_else_worth_it|publisher=Alternative Press|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Cohen|first1=Ian|title=Brave Bird "Rekindle"|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16938-brave-bird-rekindle/|publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="alreadyheard">{{cite web|last1=Beck|first1=Tom|title=Album Review: Brave Bird - Maybe You, No One Else Worth It|url=http://alreadyheard.com/post/48115985490/album-review-brave-bird-maybe-you-no-one-else|publisher=Already Heard|accessdate=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731070302/http://alreadyheard.com/post/48115985490/album-review-brave-bird-maybe-you-no-one-else|archive-date=31 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, Brave Bird released a 10" titled ''T Minus Grand Gesture'' on Count Your Lucky Stars Records.<ref name="funeralsounds">{{cite web|last1=Garza|first1=Mark|title=Brave Bird – T-Minus Grand Gesture (Ann Arbor, Michigan)|url=http://funeralsounds.com/uncategorized/brave-bird-t-minus-grand-gesture-ann-arbor/|publisher=Funeral Sounds|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="halfcloth">{{cite web|title=Review: Brave Bird – "T-Minus Grand Gesture"|url=http://www.halfcloth.com/review-brave-bird-t-minus-grand-gesture/|publisher=Half Cloth|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref>

==Discography== '''Studio albums''' *''Maybe You, No One Else Worth It'' (2013, Count Your Lucky Stars)

'''EPs''' *Brave Bird/Pity Sex – Split (2011, self-released) *''T Minus Grand Gesture'' (2014, Count Your Lucky Stars)

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Category:Musical groups from Ann Arbor, Michigan Category:American emo musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2011 Category:2011 establishments in Michigan Category:Count Your Lucky Stars Records artists