Are You Serious

AlbumJan 01 / 201611 songs, 42m 38s
Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk Chamber Pop Indie Rock
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Andrew Bird's latest release is his third album of pop originals since getting married and having a son, and a happy domesticity informs it.

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Andrew Bird’s career has been characterized by its prolific nature. Though it’s been four years since the songwriter released a full-length of original material, it’s not like he’s been dormant since. He released and toured behind a covers album of songs by The Handsome Family, began an instrumental series by…

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Versatile multi-instrumentalist is back with one of his best records to date, blending artful folk and baroque pop for an irresistible sound.

8.0 / 10

Andrew Bird has fashioned songs out of formaldehyde and "Darkmatter," "Plasticities" and "Anonanimal"s. But he's rarely…

This is the strongest Bird has sounded in some time, but it’s not quite a monumental breakthrough.

Marriage, fatherhood, and California are on the mind of Andrew Bird, whose tenth LP, Are You Serious, offers a rare glimpse into the enigmatic artist's personal life.

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Charming Chicago multi-instrumentalist and notable whistler Andrew Bird's new album Are You Serious is more precise and biting than his prev...

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"Get out your dictionaries," Andrew Bird sings on the title song to his latest solo full-length, an apt line for someone whose lyrics often read like the New York Times crossword puzzle. Through his dozen-plus albums, Bird has used his verbosity as a shie

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