Andrew Bird has released a new song, “Christmas in April,” which he wrote back at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as he imagined what the holiday season might look like during quarantine. The track will appear on Bird’s new holiday album, Hark!, out Friday, October 30th via Loma Vista.
“Christmas in April” is a bittersweet acoustic tune, and while it boasts a charming self-referential quality, it doesn’t lay on the particulars of the pandemic too thick, allowing the song to sit more in the rich tradition of lonely holiday tunes.
“Christmas in April” is a bittersweet acoustic tune, and while it boasts a charming self-referential quality, it doesn’t lay on the particulars of the pandemic too thick, allowing the song to sit more in the rich tradition of lonely holiday tunes.
- 10/27/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Andrew Bird has shared a cover of John Cale’s “Andalucia,” from his upcoming holiday album, Hark! out October 30th via Loma Vista.
“Andalucia,” a standout from Cale’s 1973 album, Paris 1919, is a devastating tune about deep yearning, which Bird recasts around the delicate pluck of his mandolin and fleshes out with lush choral vocals. Bird’s cover arrives with a video featuring some lovely and surreal silhouette animation by Abigail Portner.
Hark! is a follow-up to Bird’s 2019 EP of the same name. The LP will feature a handful...
“Andalucia,” a standout from Cale’s 1973 album, Paris 1919, is a devastating tune about deep yearning, which Bird recasts around the delicate pluck of his mandolin and fleshes out with lush choral vocals. Bird’s cover arrives with a video featuring some lovely and surreal silhouette animation by Abigail Portner.
Hark! is a follow-up to Bird’s 2019 EP of the same name. The LP will feature a handful...
- 9/29/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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