Birds in Row formed in Laval, Mayenne in 2009. Two of the members formed Birds in Row one week after their previous band split up, and recorded their first song one week later. The group chose the name because birds are able to fly around freely, however, "they very often decide to fly as a group or land on wires in a row. So, this for us represents how people could chose to be free, but always end up following their fellows to feel comfortable.They chose the name 'Birds in Row' over 'Birds in a Row' because it sounded better to the group.They also chose to sing in English because they, "wanted to be understood by most of the people."