{"id":718399,"date":"2026-06-06T05:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718399\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:42:16","slug":"birdland-viral-perth-teen-band-of-triplets-to-launch-national-tour-after-debut-ep-release-he-was-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718399\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdland: Viral Perth teen band of triplets to launch national tour after debut EP release He Was Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re just now learning of emerging Perth indie pop band Birdland, it was likely a matter of time before your social media algorithm or school-aged children filled you in.<\/p>\n

Comprising 17-year-old triplets Francis Cvitan (lead vocals and guitar), Oscar (backing vocals and bass), and Conrad (drums), the Mt Lawley Senior High School (MLSHS) Year 12 students form one of the most exciting and commercially viable prospects to come out of WA in some time.<\/p>\n

Fuelled by a devoted community of teen superfans and listeners across the world, Birdland have already amassed upwards of 1.2 million streams, half a million combined followers on social media, and multiple national plays on Triple J.<\/p>\n

The band continued their noticeable rise in 2025 by supporting established acts in Ocean Alley and The Rions this year \u2014 performing to heaving crowds at all-ages events such as HyperFest and Prodigy Fest.<\/p>\n

\"TripletsCamera IconTriplets Francis, Conrad and Oscar Cvitan who form emerging indie band Birdland. Credit: Jackson Flindell\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

And next month they\u2019ll embark on their greatest journey yet \u2014 a maiden national tour performing hits Maybe Lately and Middle Ground from their debut EP, He Was Me, and becoming \u201cthe first triplets to tour Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n

With so much buzz around the Cvitan brothers, they invited The West Australian into their home to discuss how a shared battle with identity, a love of performing, and journey through their teenage years shaped their EP.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur song Middle Ground, I love seeing comments from people who say, \u2018This song helped me through my breakup\u2019 or \u2018This song helped me through my exams\u2019, and to be able to deliver to people who felt that in real life and have that reach is so meaningful,\u201d Francis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSongs written in bedrooms, by ourselves, some we didn\u2019t expect to bring to the band \u2014 now suddenly we\u2019re going to hear people sing them back to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kids on the cusp of music stardom could be forgiven for slacking off in class, but they say their studies and exams remain a genuine focus.<\/p>\n

While a US and Europe tour will surely come knocking if it isn\u2019t in the works, the students\u2019 Aussie jaunt allows them not to miss a day of school as they\u2019ve aligned it perfectly with the winter term break.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll three of us do ATAR at school, so we have to balance doing schoolwork, homework assignments, and also music, but I think we\u2019re doing a pretty good job at it,\u201d Oscar said.<\/p>\n

Beyond classes and friendships groups, which they share to various degrees, school has always been a pivotal place in Birdland\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n

The brothers joke \u201cmost\u201d teachers can comfortably tell them apart, and with their rising fame, occasionally hear chants of \u201cBirdland Birdland\u201d when they pass kids in lower years.<\/p>\n

Their mother Michelle is the head of performing arts at MLSHS and a cellist who encouraged her kids to pick up instruments at an early age.<\/p>\n

\"CvitanCamera IconCvitan family photo. Credit: The West Australian<\/p>\n

Their father Justin, a lawyer, is proud of their achievements and their No.1 fan who publicly displays his custom Birdland merch.<\/p>\n

Year Five was the first time the brothers came together as a band under encouragement from Francis.<\/p>\n

\"CvitanCamera IconCvitan brothers childhood photo. Credit: The West Australian<\/p>\n

And despite him taking a natural lead as primary vocalist, his brothers are quick to remind him \u201cthere is no frontman to this band.\u201d<\/p>\n

As they built confidence performing through their early teen years, the brothers began entering Battle of the Bands competitions \u2014 winning on their second attempt \u2014 and motivating them to pursue music further.<\/p>\n

Soon they were crafting viral covers of global artists like Ed Sheeran\u2019s Shape of You, or Prince\u2019s Purple Rain, recording them within the world-class acoustics of their family bathroom.<\/p>\n

They credit experienced recording engineer Troy Nababan for helping them to hone their band craft as far back as 2018, with many songs perfected in their band room at home.<\/p>\n

Often recogised as the \u201cRocker on the Roof\u201d of Optus Stadium who plays guitar at Dockers home games, Nababan is the triplets\u2019 tutor and mentor who\u2019s produced some of their original tracks.<\/p>\n

He believes the brothers\u2019 ability to tell authentic stories through music, and not simply jump on trends or capitalise on their \u2018triplet\u2019 appeal, is why they\u2019ve continued to grow as a band.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re great songwriters, they\u2019re great players, they\u2019ve got their head screwed on. So I think it\u2019s really up to them as to what they do next,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"BirdlandCamera IconBirdland members at home. Credit: Jackson Flindell\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

Nababan feels Birdland\u2019s rise has spurred from each individual member \u201cwanting to be good\u201d, along with a work ethic such a career requires.<\/p>\n

Their music process is often derailed by a \u201cstubbornness\u201d inherent in sibling relationships, but it rarely persists.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone has an idea, if we don\u2019t like the idea, we\u2019re not gonna say, \u2018Yeah it\u2019s okay\u2019 and develop a song that none of us like,\u201d Conrad said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to sugarcoat it and then be upset. I mean sometimes I\u2019m upset when my ideas are told they\u2019re bad, but because we\u2019re brothers, I\u2019m like, \u2018Okay, they\u2019re being truthful, if I hate them now I\u2019m not going to hate them in an hour because we\u2019re just brothers\u2019,\u201d Francis added.<\/p>\n

The title track He Was Me, written when they were in Year 10, explores the mutual feeling of wanting to shake the triplet tag and find their own individual voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lyric and it\u2019s saying \u2018cut my hair, change my style, make sure he\u2019s unrecognisable\u2019. That\u2019s how I wanted to be completely different from us,\u201d Francis revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started going to op shops and I pierced my ear \u2013 as you see I\u2019m the only one with pierced ears.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Francis,Camera IconFrancis, Oscar and Conrad Cvitan. Credit: Jackson Flindell\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

Oscar put those thoughts to paper even earlier, but admits all three have matured past them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was reading through my Year 7, 8 and a bit of 9 diary the other night, just reflective, and read passages that were like, \u2019I hate being a triplet, I wish I could just be my own person\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think back now, I can\u2019t believe I would think that but I can see why I thought that because it was a part of finding who I am, going through the stage where I thought I wanted something different until I realised that I actually like what I have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twin musical siblings who might relate include Good Charlotte\u2019s Benji and Joel Madden, Robin and Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees, and The Veronicas\u2019 Jessica and Lisa Origliasso.<\/p>\n

The band say they take inspiration from local exports Coterie \u2014 a band of four brothers \u2014 as well as Grammy-winning talent Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, and rising indie rock and reggae outfit South Summit.<\/p>\n

With their 18th birthday just days away on June 21, the birds of a feather are dreaming far bigger than the all-ages Perth venues they\u2019ve grown accustomed to playing. That is, once they conquer Sydney and Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we\u2019re 18, a whole world of new gigs is going to be opened up to us,\u201d Francis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dream would be reaching summer time and just going on a festival run, doing all of the Laneway shows and Spilt Milk, and I think it\u2019s cool seeing Australian bands headline Australian festivals,\u201d Conrad declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to sound too generic, but I would love to headline Coachella,\u201d Oscar added.<\/p>\n

Birdland will perform at Fremantle\u2019s Wyola on July 5, before shows in Sydney, Melbourne, and a final performance at Perth\u2019s The Y HQ on July 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re just now learning of emerging Perth indie pop band Birdland, it was likely a matter of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-718399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}