Bird & The Insides

This was easily one of my most anticipated albums ever, I heard "Slowly Slowly" when I downloaded it from a blog site about a year and a half ago and have searched for the album since, I could never even find any information online about it. I was just beginning to give up hope when I came accross a review of her album on Phase9, then I knew the title of the album I was looking for and could search properly (being that there are so many Birds it was hard to locate one that had made no impact aside from the scene in central Dublin).

The album itself is perhaps not everything it could have been and has one completely standout track in "Slowly Slowly" which was written a long time before the rest of the music on the album incidentally. This song has the right to be a cult classic as well, I have no idea if it achieved any radio airtime at all in Ireland but through vast searching for information on the artist I can assume it didn't get any in the UK or US of A at least. The track is what pop music should be about really, a vibrant beat, average to good vocals that sing the particular song well, a great hook and the option to either dance, sit and listen, or practically ignore and leave for background music. The rest of the album is very different indeed, most all of it is acoustic and very singer-songwriter in it's style though "Runaway" is a standout track that falls pleasantly between the two styles.

A dab hand at the cello, violin and drums, not to mention in possession of a sultry voice, Ms Price has crafted an album of sublime melodies. Her omnipresent cello lends each track a seductive quality, while drums, guitar and occasional electronics introduce some urgency whenever they appear. You'll simply find it hard to believe it's a solo effort when you air the record originally, a talented musician she most certainly is.

Bird - Slowly Slowly
Bird - Rewind