Brendan Kelly & The Wandering Birds "I'd Rather Die Than Live Forever" 2025-04-18 powerful statement as the final

powerful statement as the final studio album from the duo

Adam Turla and Sarah Balliet

from the shimmering "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and the sighing "Karma Police" to the gothic crawl of "Exit Music (For a Film)

barely-precedented sound for him

It was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry in 2006

Brendan Kelly & The Wandering Birds "I'd Rather Die Than Live Forever" 2025-04-18 powerful statement as the finalBrendan Kelly is a blogger, father, TV host, and frontman of The Lawrence Arms; and this newest rock band was formed in the spirit of other artist collectives like Wu Tang Clan and Crass. The ambitious 12 song debut is a brave collaboration of friends (musicians, graphic artists, studio nerds, and even a college film professor) and it offers diverse songs and ample instrumentation to set this album apart from the typical punker goes acoustic project.