BROKEN BIRD
A large hand-drawn bird facing a smaller fragile bird across an open landscape

Independent label · Three musical identities

Music without
a cage.

Broken Bird is an independent home for music that still questions things—raw, human and unwilling to fit neatly into one box.

Listen to the new mixes ↓
Broken BirdMehalAniment

01 · New Broken Bird music

Five songs.
Seven new mixes.

The latest Broken Bird mixes, with new artwork for each song. Listen here, open the full cover or watch a song with its artwork. Two songs also have a club mix.

02 · The label

Three voices.
One independent home.

Each project has its own sound and purpose. What connects them is a belief that music should feel lived—not manufactured.

03 · The band

Broken Bird,
together.

Guitar and voice, drums and percussion. Meet the two musicians behind Broken Bird in this collection of band images and performance portraits.

Composite photograph of the Broken Bird guitarist and drummer performing together in a stone courtyard
Broken Bird · Band compositeOpen full size ↗
The Broken Bird guitarist in a black beanie, holding his hollow-body guitar beside the microphone
Guitar and voice · Portrait
The Broken Bird drummer in sunglasses, holding a drumstick behind the cymbals
Drums and percussion · Portrait
The seated Broken Bird guitarist singing and playing, surrounded by amplifiers and pedals
Guitar and voice · In performance
The Broken Bird drummer playing his kit against an ivy-covered stone wall
Drums and percussion · In performance
Side portrait of the Broken Bird drummer holding two drumsticks above his drums
Drums and percussion · Side portrait

04 · Earlier videos

Five songs.
Five videos.

Watch the Broken Bird videos free in The Listening Room on Patreon.

Watch the free videos ↗
  1. 01I Got Nothing
  2. 02Christ Eternal Itch
  3. 03It's Gonna End Bad
  4. 04Long Deep Road
  5. 05Parasite

05 · Come further inside

Hear the work
while it is becoming.

The Listening Room is the private space behind Broken Bird, Mehal and Animent: early music, demos, alternate mixes, occasional live versions, studio notes, lyrics and artwork.

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The thread through it all

Being human—
and refusing to
give that away.

Listen Broken Bird on SoundCloud ↗ Listen Animent on SoundCloud ↗