Kings of A&R Top 8 Emerging Artists for 2011. On October 19, 2011, they played at the CMJ festival. Those Mockingbirds were included by Tris McCall for the AM radio station WCBS' special for the 20th anniversary of grunge. Their song "Coast to Coast" appears on music journalist Jim Testa's Top 20 Songs of 2011. On January 31, 2012, Starbeat Music released Fa Sol La on 12"-vinyl, which featured an alternate version of track of "Coast to Coast." The commercial FM radio station WRAT ran a week-long promotional campaign that culminated in the debut of the song "The Difference Between Love and Addiction" a few days before it was made available online. It is described by Speak Into My Good Eye as "a spiraling composition with jagged, flame-licked peaks, charred to the core by the fierce fret-work." It was produced by Those Mockingbirds, and recorded by Pat Noon at Eight 16 Studios. Those Mockingbirds performed at the Northside Festival on June 14, 2012, and in July they opened for Armor for Sleep's New York City reunion show at Irving Plaza. Kyle Walters, brother of drummer Kevin Walters, joined the group after Jonathan Gianino departed. Those Mockingbirds' ten-track debut album, Penny the Dreadful, was released on July 1, 2014, and they promoted the record with music videos for "A Ballad from Hell," "How to Rob a Bank" and "Destroy My Love." The video for "How to Rob a Bank" was directed by John Komar, and won the MTVU Freshman competition. On September 30, 2014, Those Mockingbirds released the song "Horns & Tails," which feature guest vocals by Reese Van Riper. On November 4, 2014, Those Mockingbirds released a cover of Paul McCartney & Wings' "Jet" for the Treehouse Sound Breast Cancer compilation. In 2017, Adam Bird started the electronic rock project aBIRD. According to their Facebook page, the band broke up in February 2016. Past members Adam Bird – vocals and guitar Tory Daines – violin, vocals and piano Jonathan Gianino – guitar Rob Fitzgerald – bass guitar Kevin Walters – drums, vocals and percussion Kyle Walters – guitar Dominick Lettera – bass guitar, vocals Matt Yeager – drums Dane Zarra – guitar Dan Kreiner – guitar Leanne Bowes – bass guitar Discography Albums Penny the Dreadful (2014) EPs No Symmetry (2010) BETA: alpha (2011) Fa Sol La (2011) Singles "Honest? Honest." (2010) "We are the Antidote" (2010) "The Chain" (2010)