Bird By Snow - Common Wealth

FOR FANS OF: Mount Eerie, The Microphones, Vetiver, Hush Arbors, Weird Weeds, Ariel Pink, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Islaja. Recording as Bird By Snow, Fletcher Tucker has been releasing deep, genre-refracting sounds for the past five years with his output varying from dreamy drones to eccentric lo-fi folk to mountainous dub. His latest effort "Common Wealth" finds Tucker masterfully refining his songcraft with powerful arrangements, graceful melodies, and moving poetic imagery. Bird By Snow has been regularly traveling the US and Europe since 2005 on seven tours (so far), sometimes performing solo, sometimes with a band, and occasioning to share the stage with many lovely people along the way... Mt. Eerie, Julie Doiron, Ariel Pink, Daniel Higgs, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and many more. In addition to the handsome tours Bird By Snow has performed at a handful of international festivals including several (((Folkyeah!))) happenings and festivals in Big Sur California, The Festival of Endless Gratitude (2009) in Copenhagen Denmark, and (most notably) at the auspicious  Tanned Tin Festival (2007) in Castellón Spain, alongside new giants like the Sea and Cake, Deerhoof, and the Dirty Projectors. The songs on "Common Wealth" feel as though they were harvested (rather than written) from somewhere ancient, mysterious, and otherworldly. Recorded with Tim Green (who has produced records by Joanna Newsom, Daniel Higgs, Wolves in the Throne Room, Six Organs of Admittance and many more) this album embraces the West African and dub influences hinted at on Bird By Snow's previous work. Both shimmering and shadowy, the gorgeous psych-pop on "Common Wealth" explores moments where friendship, the wild, love, primitive practice, community, and the broader literatures of the present moment make the heat haze of separation look less convincing. On a simpler level, this album is about feeling the good flow. LP SPECS: Ltd. 550 copies, deluxe white vinyl, 10" color-photo/lyric book, Mp3 coupon CD SPECS: Ltd. 550 copies, all cardboard gatefold jacket, 100% post-consumer recycled.  "The vocals sound round and full, like being surrounded by a blanket and then the blanket turns out to actually be some dude’s voice. Which actually, if you really think about it hard, is kind of nightmarish… so maybe don’t think about it that hard. This voice paired with tip-toeing guitar lines and the soft hiss of empty space is basically what it feels like to hole up in a warm wood cabin for awhile." The Fader. Album reviews in/on The Fader, Feature in The Wire. Upcoming reviews in Pitchfork, Dusted, Stereogum, Aurthur Mag, Ripchord, Alt sounds.

Tracklisting:

1. Wobbly Legs 2. Friends in the City 3. One White Flag 4. There is a Marriage 5. As we are now 6. Without Reaching 7. Across the Water

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