Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Andrew Bird releases My Finest Work Yet via Loma Vista / Concord. My Finest Work Yet finds Bird grappling with themes of current day dichotomies and how to identify a moral compass amidst such divisive times. “I’m interested in the idea that our enemies are what make us whole there’s an intimacy one shares with their opponent when locked in such a struggle. If we were to just walk away would our enemies miss us? How did we get to this point and how can we, through awareness of it, maybe pull ourselves out of this death spiral,” says Bird.

Tongue-in-cheek album titles aside, Bird tackles these topics with a more direct songwriting approach than his previous releases, taking greater risks both lyrically and in recording. Bird and the band taped all the songs live without headphones or separation attempting to create a sound where all instruments bled into each other’s microphones. Of the new music, Bird reflects, “There is a certain optimism to this record…it’s pretty up musically though it doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to the lyrics.” Produced by Paul Butler (The Bees, Michael Kiwanuka), My Finest Work Yet was recorded at Barefoot Recordings in Los Angeles, CA.

Tracklist:

01. Sisyphus
02. Bloodless
03. Olympians
04. Cracking Codes
05. Fallorun
06. Archipelago
07. Proxy War
08. Manifest
09. Don The Struggle
10. Bellevue Bridge Club

Personnel:

Andrew Bird, vocals, guitar, whistling, violin
Madison Cunningham, vocals
Paul Butler, vocals
Blake Mills, guitar
Mike Viola, guitar
Tyler Chester, piano, organ
Alan Hampton, bass, vocals
Ted Poor, drums, percussion
Abraham Rounds, drums, vocals



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