Break It Yourself

Pitchfork 7.5/10 Andrew Bird's latest album, which includes a duet with St. Vincent, finds the multi-instrumentalist working more collaboratively with a band than he has in a long time.

A.V. Club A- Andrew Bird’s songwriting approach is seemingly paradoxical, at once highly improvisational and long-simmering, with material sometimes taking years to finally gel together. The results are familiar to anyone who’s followed his string of breezily baroque albums over the last decade, full of virtuosic and engaging…

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's Break It Yourself on Rolling Stone.com.

The Skinny 4/5 Now eight albums deep into his career, it’s tempting to view Andrew Bird as a latter day, violin-toting Paul Simon. With the syrupy, seductive voice and the tunes (my God, the tunes) considered; the greatest trick the two have in common is convincing the world that their songs are simple: they share a marvellous knack of creating a sum that’s far less complex than the parts.

Under The Radar 7.0/10 Welcome to Andrew Bird's nineth solo outing—an album of surprisingly unfussy folk compositions augmented with his trademark layers of violins, slurred vocals, and multi-octave whistling.

Clash 8/10 With ‘Break it Yourself’, Andrew Bird is taking his first steps out into the sunshine.

The Observer 4/5 <p>Andrew Bird's new album is marked by emotional depth and sadness, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong></p>

Slant 3.5/5 Break It Yourself’s cover is a poor predictor of its contents: a series of thoughtful stream-of-conscious performances.

The Guardian 5/5 Andrew Bird's previous album was terrific, but this is even better – tender, inventive and unique, writes <strong>Maddy Costa</strong>