The Escape Artist, the third album from Brooklyn artist Bird Streets (John Brodeur), will be released Oct. 17, 2025. It's a paranoid guitar-pop record, produced by Jason Falkner (Beck, Daniel Johnston, St. Vincent). The first three singles and videos are out now.
Brodeur's 2018 debut as Bird Streets, also produced by Falkner, was a refreshing blast of classic-yet-modern melodic rock that received accolades from Paste, PopMatters, and NPR Music, which named Bird Streets a Slingshot Artist alongside then-emerging talents like Phoebe Bridgers and The Beths.
For 2002's Lagoon, Brodeur expanded on the project’s collaborative foundation, enlisting production by Patrick Sansone (Wilco) and Michael Lockwood (Fiona Apple), plus guest appearances from Ed Harcourt, Aimee Mann, and Big Star's Jody Stephens. The album has been called "luxurious and literate" (Rock & Roll Truth) and "an emotional tour de force" (Glide).
