We’ve had our sneeky suspisions for a while, but today it’s been finally been confirmed – Andrew Bird has just inked a deal with Bella Union records who will release his new album Noble Beast on 2nd February. Exciting stuff eh?
All the info you need below from the official press release:
We’re very happy to announce one of our first signings of 2009, the wonderful Andrew Bird, whose next album, Noble Beast, will be released on Bella Union on the 2nd February 2009. read on for more information:
Andrew Bird is one busy man. A multi-tasking, multi-talented and multi-instrumental genius, he seems constantly on the move. Since the release of his highly acclaimed 2007 album Armchair Apocrypha, Bird has been all over the place. Quite literally, as well as musically.
In the UK he went from strength to strength, selling out Bush Hall, Scala & Koko in quick succession. Over the pond hes appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan OBrien, as well as playing an epic free show to a crowd of 15,000 in his home town of Chicago alongside a benefit gig for soon-to-be President Barack Obama and he’s even been blogging for the New York Times.
Its a wonder Bird has been able to record a new album at all, let alone one as delicate, sonically ambitious and fecund (fourteen impeccable tunes in total) as Noble Beast. Recorded variously in Nashville with Mark Nevers (Lambchop et al) and at the Wilco Loft in Chicago, kindly loaned out by Jeff Tweedy after the Bird toured with Wilco in 2007.
With not enough space to do every beautiful intricacy of Noble Beast justice, suffice to say it is another triumph and should be listened to with the considered time and care it demands. After two stunning SOLD OUT shows at St Giles Church last week Andrew Bird will be back in the UK in early 2009 for a full headline tour so keep your eyes peeled!
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