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Is it still Americana when the artist isn't American? On her second album, British singer-songwriter Jade Bird upends the genre by weaving together country, folk, jangle-rock and even touches of Britpop. Producer Dave Cobb has worked with a slew of artists you can hear, like an audio connect-the-dots, in Bird's appealing sound: Brandi Carlile (the jagged little country-folk of "Candidate"), Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell ("Punchline" and its wide-open landscape), Elle King. (One more but whom Cobb can't claim credit for: Rosanne Cash and her excellent '80s-era country-pop stylings.) But Bird—who has said she was influenced by light-and-shade country duo Civil Wars as well as songbird queen Dolly Parton—also went to the BRIT School, the legendary London institution where Adele and Amy Winehouse got a musical education. You can hear all of the above in songs like "Now is the Time," which shimmers and shines like early Faith Hill accompanied by sunny Johnny Marr guitars. There are also Marr echoes on the excellent '90s college rock meets folk number "Trick Mirror," with Bird's voice soaring over bounding drums. "Honeymoon" struts atop a bouncy Swinging London beat; Both "I'm Getting Lost" and "Open Up the Heavens" stomp and pout, as Bird's voice soars from fragile to wailing power. On "Houdini," Bird—a child of divorce—uses the escape artist's name as an evocative metaphor "for all the people, especially the male figures, in my earlier life who came and went, without warning." At once bitter and wistful, she sings, "I'll make my day and trade your place/ With anyone who's not walkin' away again." One of the most surprising moments is "1994," a great rambler that, with its spiky and slip-sliding guitars à la Blur, sounds more like something from 1997, the year Bird was born. All of those references add up to something that feels completely fresh. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer, Producer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher - Lucky Kilmartin, Producer
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Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO JADE BIRD LIMITED, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO JADE BIRD LIMITED, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2020 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - Luke Prosser, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
Dave Cobb, Producer - Jade Bird, Composer, MainArtist - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO JADE BIRD LIMITED, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2020 Glassnote Music LLC
Album review
Is it still Americana when the artist isn't American? On her second album, British singer-songwriter Jade Bird upends the genre by weaving together country, folk, jangle-rock and even touches of Britpop. Producer Dave Cobb has worked with a slew of artists you can hear, like an audio connect-the-dots, in Bird's appealing sound: Brandi Carlile (the jagged little country-folk of "Candidate"), Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell ("Punchline" and its wide-open landscape), Elle King. (One more but whom Cobb can't claim credit for: Rosanne Cash and her excellent '80s-era country-pop stylings.) But Bird—who has said she was influenced by light-and-shade country duo Civil Wars as well as songbird queen Dolly Parton—also went to the BRIT School, the legendary London institution where Adele and Amy Winehouse got a musical education. You can hear all of the above in songs like "Now is the Time," which shimmers and shines like early Faith Hill accompanied by sunny Johnny Marr guitars. There are also Marr echoes on the excellent '90s college rock meets folk number "Trick Mirror," with Bird's voice soaring over bounding drums. "Honeymoon" struts atop a bouncy Swinging London beat; Both "I'm Getting Lost" and "Open Up the Heavens" stomp and pout, as Bird's voice soars from fragile to wailing power. On "Houdini," Bird—a child of divorce—uses the escape artist's name as an evocative metaphor "for all the people, especially the male figures, in my earlier life who came and went, without warning." At once bitter and wistful, she sings, "I'll make my day and trade your place/ With anyone who's not walkin' away again." One of the most surprising moments is "1994," a great rambler that, with its spiky and slip-sliding guitars à la Blur, sounds more like something from 1997, the year Bird was born. All of those references add up to something that feels completely fresh. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:37
- Main artists: Jade Bird
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glassnote Music LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC (P) 2021 Glassnote Music LLC
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