Roll of the Dice: 11 questions with AVEM

Canadian ramonescore punks/bird enthusiasts AVEM’s new LP Three Birds Stoned is due out next week. I had the opportunity to do an interview with Julian Warmland (bass and lead vocals) from the band. A roll of a dice determines how many questions we can ask, between 2 and 12. All of the questions for RotD interviews are submitted at once, and there is no chance for follow-up questions. We rolled an ELEVEN.


1) Chirp tweet (tilts head) coo caw (hops to different branch) coo hoot hoo hoo (preens feathers). Chirp caw hoot chirp (ruffles feathers) (spreads wings) tweet chirp, (lifts tail) chirp, hoo hoo hoot caw caw chirp cheep trill (spreads wings) tweet Chirps? (caw caw)

CHEEP trill (lifts tail) (preens feathers) coo caw trill hoot (tilts head) hoot hoot chirp hoot caw hoot (poops). (caw caw)

2) TWEET, cheep cheep trill: (preens feathers) caw chirp caw (hops to different branch) trill hoo hoo hoot (lifts tail) (preens feathers) chirp tweet Chirp, cheep? CHEEP Chirp (spreads wings) cheep + chirp tweet hoot Chirp tweet, chirp hoot (lifts tail) chirp hoot (preens feathers) trill chirp (spreads wings) (lifts tail) chirp (preens feathers) (lifts tail) coo (ruffles feathers) chirp chirp?

Cawww, caw tweet tweet trill hoo. Coo chirp chirp cheep tweet go cheep + chirp. Hoot cheep (preens feathers) coos chirp, chirp coos trill hoo “cawwww, chirp (preens feathers) hoot chirp? Cheep chirp chirp!” Tweet triiiiiiiilll Chirp (preens feathers) (hops to different branch) trill, trill CHEEP chirp trill chirp caw trill (preens feathers) (preens feathers) (preens feathers) CHEEP chirp (preens feathers). (preens feathers) tweet chirp caw, chirp (spreads wings) chirp hoot chirp. Trill trill CHEEP tweet, coo trill (hops to different branch) chirp (preens feathers) chirp (ruffles feathers) chirp. CHEEP (spreads wings) (hops to different branch) chirp trill (tilts head) chirp caw chirp (hops to different branch)… chirp (spreads wings) hoot chirp.

3) Hoot caw chirp CHIRP trill (preens feathers)?

Hoo (spreads wings) chirp caw caw chirp. (preens feathers) caw (hops to different branch) caw cheep, (ruffles feathers) chirp, (hops to different branch) chirp (tilts head) chirp Tweet Hoot. Hoo caw Trill Chirp trill!  CHEEP cheep tweet chirp trill (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch), chirp trill tweet (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch), hoo chirp (spreads wings) hoot (tilts head) (preens feathers!  (hops to different branch) chirp tweet cheep hoot chirp Chirp tweet chirp. Hoot Cheep Trill trill Bwawk Bwawk trill Coo Hoot (hops to different branch)-Caws! Cheep chirp chirp trill (spreads wings) tweet chirp trill cheep trill chirp tweet cheep (trill chirp trill tweet (hops to different branch).  Coo tweet chirp (preens feathers) trill chirp chirp. (preens feathers) cheep chirp CHIRP CHIRP TWEET CAW trill cheep (ruffles feathers) chirp (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch), trill caw.  (preens feathers) cheep (hops to different branch) trill (tilts head) (preens feathers) caw chirp caw cheep (spreads wings) chirp (preens feathers) cheep (preens feathers) chirp.

4) Chirp caw (hops to different branch) coos Chirp Caw Caw Coo chirp trill (hops to different branch) (tilts head)-caw-view caw chirp, chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp (spreads wings) chirp (tilts head) chirp trill chirp cheep (“Chirp Caw Coo”, “Coo Caw”) trill trill chirp. Chirp (hops to different branch) coo trill trill cheep chirp? CHEEP chirp chirp caw (tilts head) coo chirp tweet, chirp hoot (lifts tail) cheept (preens feathers) chirp trill caw tweet trill (hops to different branch) trill cheep (ruffles feathers) tweet trill?

Cawcawcaw, chirp (hops to different branch) chirp chirp “Chirp Caw Hoot” tweet.  Trill CHEEP caw (ruffles feathers) chirp chirp. Hoot trill chirp tweet trill chirp cheep, trill caw Chirp chirp trill chirp Tweet Chirp. Chirp caw (tilts head) chirp (hops to different branch) chirp caw chirp (preens feathers) trill chirp “Coo Caw”, trill caw hoot chirp trill tweet chirp trill chirp trill (tilts head) cheep. Trill (spreads wings), CHEEP hoot Chirp chirp “ trill, coo chirp chirp.  Chirp chirp chirp ocheep coo.. Chirp cheep chirp chirp cheep cacheepe hoo chirp chirp wings!” coooooo hoot coo!

“Coo Caw” chirp coo (hops to different branch) chirp coo hoot tweet, (preens feathers) hoot caw chirp tweet chirp.  (preens feathers) coos chirp cheep, “Coo Caw” tweet chirp caw coo. Coo Caw chirp coo; (tilts head) hoot Chirp (preens feathers) (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch) trill trill, hoot trill (preens feathers). Trill (lifts tail) coo caw, hoo trill cheep (spreads wings) (preens feathers).  Hoooot tweet chirp tweet trill hoo.  

Coo caw (hops to different branch) trill, hoot cheep chirp chirp hoot chirp.  Trill caw chirp chirp  chirp Chirp coo trill cheep chirp tweet, trill (preens feathers) hoot trill (preens feathers) caw chirp chirp hoot cheep (preens feathers) tweet chirp bird tweet trill chirp chirp (tilts head). Coo caw chirp Chirp hoot chirp tweet (tilts head) trill chirp tweet; caw genuinely interested (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch) trill trill chirp (poops) trill (preens feathers) chirp tweet chirp chirp.  Hoot cheep chirp tweet caw chirp chirp cheep, chirp (tilts head) trill “trill” chirp hoo cheep (preens feathers) (tilts head). (tilts head) (preens feathers) (preens feathers) hoot chirp trill; caw cheep chirp (poops) hoo cheep chirp. (hops to different branch) (tilts head) trill tweet tweet chirp trill chirp, coo chirp tweet chirp (tilts head) (spreads wings) CHEEP chirp. (hops to different branch) chirp Cawcawcaw  “CHIRP CHIRP TWEET!” “COO CAW, COO CHIRP TWEET! CHIRP’S COO HOOT!!”

5) (tilts head) caw chirp chirp (tilts head), “Coo”, caw (hops to different branch) chirp caw chirp caw trill (ruffles feathers) (tilts head) tweet chirp trill caw Chirp Caw (trill caw Chirp Caw) trill trill chirp caw. Coo chirp (tilts head) chirp, tweet trill, chirp (preens feathers) chirp coo (hops to different branch) tweet tweet (hops to different branch) (preens feathers) caw caw (tilts head)? 

Trill, coo chirp chirp chirp chirp. Caw trill tweet coo cheep chirp trill (ruffles feathers) (tilts head) tweet chirp trill caw, coo chirp (spreads wings) chirp coo chirp (spreads wings) chirp chirp caw caw coo, chirp tweet coo, caw coo trill hoot trill, trill caw caw trill coooooo hoot. Chirp Chirp (hops to different branch) caw cheep chirp caw (preens feathers) caw, tweet tweet (hops to different branch) (preens feathers) caw trill (hops to different branch) chirp (tilts head) chirp chirp. Chirp chirp (tilts head) chirp caw (preens feathers) chirp, chirp chirp trills (hops to different branch) chirp tweet chirp caw caw chirp hoo hoo hoo caw (preens feathers) chirp trill trill (tilts head) trill. Coo hoot chirp caw (tilts head), chirp coo tweet chirp much (tilts head) chirp (tilts head) trill (ruffles feathers) chirp chirp… (caw caw)

6) Caw “Coo Caw”, chirp tweet trill chirp, chirp chirp chirp (hops to different branch) cheep Cawcaw? CHEEP (tilts head), hoo hoo trill, (preens feathers) trill (hops to different branch) (ruffles feathers) (preens feathers). Hoot Caws trill Caws (preens feathers) (tilts head) cheep hoo chirp caw-coo? (caw caw)

Trill! CHEEP (tilts head) trill, Caws hoo trill caw tweet, chirp Chirp Chirp caw (spreads wings) (ruffles feathers) (preens feathers)!  TRILL, hoo coo tweet (preens feathers) hoo tweet chirp trill chirp, caw trill chirp trill.  (spreads wings) chirp chirp (hops to different branch) caw Chirp (hops to different branch)!  CHIRP!  (spreads wings) tweet hoot trill, coo’s chirp trill caw tweet chirp (hops to different branch) cheep hoo Chirp chirp Caws tweet (hops to different branch) cheep hoo caw tweet trill chirp (preens feathers) trill (hops to different branch) caw “Coo coo”.  Chirp coo “Hoot Caw” tweet coo chirp Caws! CHEEP chirp tweet chirp trill caw trill Chirp (hops to different branch) Chirp Caw Caw (preens feathers) (hops to different branch) trill, trill (preens feathers) hoot caw (hops to different branch) CAW (trill, trill cheep , trill hoo hoo) CHEEP hoo chirp trill Caws trill trill hoo caw. Hoo cheep (hops to different branch) Hoot Caw, tweet trill (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch) tweet trill CHEEP (poops) tweet. Trill chirp hoo tweet trill/(preens feathers) trill cheep tweet survive. (spreads wings) tweet hoot coo’s hoot tweet trill CHEEP trill research Chirp cheep chirp chirp tweet chirp (preens feathers), coo cheep chirp chirp tweet caw chirp tweet cheep tweet chirp tweet hoot caw cheep chirp hoo hoo cheep cheep (poops) tweet cheep trill (tilts head).

7) Chirp chirp tweet chirp chirp caw chirp, chirp, trill chirp, (tilts head) CHIRP tweet trill tweet hoot (ruffles feathers) chirp hoot. Chirp (lifts tail) (ruffles feathers) chirp Chirp, trill chirp (hops to different branch) hoot tweet chirp chirp tweet chirp trill chirp?

(lifts tail) chirp, hoot caw caw chirp chirp chirp trill.  Caw trill chirp caw, cheep chirp tweet cheep trill chirp (tilts head) tweet hoo caw chirp.  Chirp coo chirp cheep trill chirp cheep, cheep (lifts tail) tweet (preens feathers) (preens feathers) “chirped” caw chirp caw (preens feathers) ‘(lifts tail) (preens feathers)(tilts head) trill (lifts tail) (tilts head) coos’ caw trill caw hoo trill tweet (hops to different branch).  Hoot hoot Chirp (spreads wings), chirp tweet cheep (hops to different branch) (preens feathers) trill (hops to different branch) cheep trill.  Cheep chirp chirp chirp trill (hops to different branch) cheep chirp; trill tweet chirp tweet (hops to different branch).

8) Chirp chirp (lifts tail) chirp chirp trill chirp chirp cheep chirp-wide, (preens feathers) hoo (preens feathers)  (preens feathers) (ruffles feathers) cheep. Chirp’s chirp caw chirp (lifts tail) cheep?

(preens feathers) tweet (preens feathers) hoot chirp tweet (hops to different branch). Hoo tweet chirp, hoo trill. Hoo hoo hoo, trill hoo (preens feathers) trill coo chirp chirp tweet. Hootweet trill.

9) “Caw Caw Bwawk” tweet chirp, Chirp caw coo. Trill tweet “trill tweet” trill hoo hoo hoot chirp chirp caw? CHEEP (preens feathers) trill caw trill (spreads wings) trill.

Cawcawcaw CHEEP chirp tweet caw (preens feathers) CHEEP trill tweet Trill Tweet.  CHEEP (tilts head), trill (lifts tail) (preens feathers) (preens feathers) chirp trill (lifts tail) trill chirp yellow  (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch), chirp (lifts tail) trill coo tweet? CHIRP tweet (hops to different branch) (lifts tail) chirp caw. 

(spreads wings) coo tweet tweet trill. CHEEP (tilts head), coo (hops to different branch) chirp. Trill trill (preens feathers) trill (ruffles feathers) chirp caw cheep, trill Chirp (spreads wings) tweet chirp (hops to different branch) cheep tweet trill (preens feathers), caw (preens feathers) chirp tweet chirp coo chirp!) Coo Caw bwawk bwawk (ruffles feathers) Trill Tweet, (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch)! 

Chirp chirp chirp trill trill cheep caw (preens feathers) (spreads wings) CHEEP cheep tweet chirp trill caw trill (ruffles feathers) (preens feathers) CHEEP chirp. Coo chirp chirp trill, trill chirp chirp cheep chirp. Trill cheep caw trill trill (tilts head) tweet (preens feathers) tweet chirp (spreads wings) hoo hoo cheep.  (preens feathers) CHEEP (hops to different branch), chirp CHEEP (preens feathers) trill chirp chirp chirp (hops to different branch) chirp (spreads wings) chirp, trill chirp (hops to different branch) hoo chirp tweet chirp (spreads wings) (preens feathers) tweet.  (spreads wings) tweet (hops to different branch) chirp chirp “Caw Caw Bwawk”; CHEEP tweet caw tweet (preens feathers) chirp chirp caw trill chirp tweet coo (hops to different branch) cheep chirp caw (tilts head), chirp chirp (ruffles feathers) chirp coo (preens feathers) tweet hoo. CHEEP trill (hops to different branch) ((spreads wings) chirp coo tweet?) caw chirp chirp coo tweet chirp tweet tweet.  Cheep chirp chirp. Hoo chirp cheep, hoo cheep tweet trill (preens feathers). Trill preens feathers) trill chirp trill trill hoo chirp (poops), (preens feathers) chirp hoot. Trill (hops to different branch) trill big, chirp chirp. CHEEP tweet chirp small tweet (spreads wings).


10) (preens feathers) (lifts tail) trill chirp caw (spreads wings) chirp tweet caw chirp caw, chirp (preens feathers) trill tweet?

Caw. Chirp tweet chirp. (hops to different branch) Caw Coo trill Tweet, hoo chirp tweet. Cheep trill (lifts tail) hoo hoo (preens feathers) chirp Chirp (preens feathers) cheep hoot, Cawcaw Trills. Caw caw (hops to different branch) Coos, (tilts head) caw (hops to different branch) caw. Hoot Hoot – Tweet Trills (ruffles feathers) tweet. CAW trill Chirp cheep coooooooo, coo chirp chirp Chirp (preens feathers). Trill (lifts tail) cheep Cheep, hoo CAW (Warble Hoot). Chirp Cheep chirp chirp trill, trill trill (lifts tail) chirp chirp caw (tilts head) coo (spreads wings) (tilts head), Hoot Hoot hoot hoo.  Caw Hoot tweet, (preens feathers) coos chirp chirp trillt. Chirp (hops to different branch) caw, tweet trill Coo Chirp. (lifts tail) (preens feathers) trill chirp (lifts tail) hoot, chirp trill coo tweet. Trill (lifts tail) trill tweet chirp tweet Chirp hardcore, check (preens feathers) Cawcaw. (preens feathers) trill (lifts tail) chirp tweet chirp (preens feathers), Coo trill Chirp chirp “(hops to different branch) trill caw Caw Caw coo Coo (preens feathers) (hops to different branch) caw (hops to different branch) (Poop) trill (hops to different branch) caw Caw”. Coo Trill Coo Caw Car. Trill chirps chirp HooHoot, coo?

11) Tweet (hops to different branch) chirp caw Caw Caw Coo, chirp tweet Chirp (hops to different branch) t trill CHIRP?

Hoo, hoot (tilts head) chirp tweet chirp tweet Caw Caw Coo tweet (hops to different branch) Caw coo. Caw tweet tweet chirp tweet (tilts head) caw (hops to different branch), trill CHEEP, (hops to different branch) (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch)? Hoote(tilts head) chirp coo (ruffles feathers) (hops to different branch), chirp tweet, chirp cheep. (tilts head) cheep, (tilts head), (tilts head) cheep. (spreads wings) (hops to different branch).  Trill chirp tweet (hops to different branch).


Caw coo – (tilts head), Caw (preens feathers) Coo
Caw tweet – (hops to different branch) Coo, Bwawk Trill Trill
Coo trill – Tweet, Tweet Coo Caw


Three Birds Stoned is out Friday, 26 Aug, via Moms Basement Records. Visit the AVEM Bandcamp site to hear more of their previous music, including their Jan 2022 Sing Every Day EP.

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