Birds and Cages is the second full length album by Deas Vail

Deas Vail

-History:Noted for having musical similarities to Death Cab for Cutie, Mew, Copeland, and Mae, Deas Vail was formed in the university town of Russellville, Arkansas in 2003. After a couple of years of touring, Deas Vail signed to Brave New World Records in 2005. In the fall of 2006, they released...

. It was released on January 26, 2010 through Mono Vs Stereo

Mono Vs Stereo

Mono Vs Stereo is an independent record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was founded in 2003 as an imprint label of Gotee Records. While Gotee signs mostly rap, hip-hop, and pop-rock artists, MVS leaned more towards indie music.-2003–2006:...

. Their previous full length album, All the Houses Look the Same, was released on record label Brave New World

Brave New World Records

Brave New World Records is a record label founded by Mark Lee Townsend and Mark Mattingly in Nashville, Tennessee in 2004. The label is distributed nationwide by Word Distribution a division of Word Entertainment.The label focuses mainly on Christian Rock and Alternative bands. Brave New World was...

. Brave New World underwent some financial complications and had to un-sign Deas Vail. They were then signed by Mono Vs Stereo, and the album was released under the new label.

Track listing

1. "The Things You Were" – 4:58
2. "Growing Pains" – 3:57
3. "Excuses" – 3:18
4. "Cages" – 5:08
5. "Birds" – 4:51 (feat. Matthew Thiessen from Relient K
   Relient K
   Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
   
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6. "Tell Me" – 0:48
7. "Dance In Perfect Time" – 3:28
8. "Sunlight" – 4:07
9. "Puzzles and Pieces" – 2:51
10. "The Great Physician" – 3:38
11. "The Leaper" – 4:01
12. "Atlantis" – 4:51