MR BIRD: Bird Bird Bird (2013)

A lot of musicians suffer for their art. In Mr Bird‘s case one can only sympathise at all the dreamy summer afternoons and chilled evenings at southern European bars he must have had to endure in order to produce Bird Bird Bird. Formerly a resident of the United Kingdom, Bird has latterly moved to Lisbon and the mind really does boggle at the kind of devotion to one’s craft necessary in order to forgo living with the bracing cold and comforting patter of near continual rain in favour of the climactic privation of Portugal. Nevertheless, this is precisely what has happened. Even a cursory preview of this album reveals how the sun and balmy nights have …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM