Andrew Bird – Noble Beast[Fat Possum: 2009]
Andrew Bird is a unique artist. His music (a mixture of indie rock, folk, jazz and classical influences) and his mellow voice have made him a darling of critics and endeared him to many devoted fans. Noble Beast is a rich folk record featuring the many instruments of Andrew’s prodigious musical talent – violin, guitar, mandolin, glockenspiel, and whistling. He actually lists ‘whistling’ as one of the instruments he plays, and upon hearing the amazing clarity, depth and pitch of his whistle in songs like opening track “Oh No” you can easily understand why – And not an AutoTuner in sight! Lyrically, the intelligence and virtuoso vocabulary of Bird are evidenced in dazzling rhymes and vivid imagery that describe biology and nature (“Natural Disaster”, “Tenuous”). His dulcet baritone vocals swell so gently and intimately through his songs that you step into the strange and beautiful world he creates, where he somehow manages to make the scientific terminology for animal and plant species sound downright poetic. Noble Beast is intimate, delicate, beautiful and strange – quite like Andrew Bird, I’d imagine.
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