I am really really good at dismissing things that don’t immediately catch my attention. A perfect example of this is the self titled debut album from the pop duo The Bird And The Bee. Although I posted the track “Again & Again” awhile back and listened to CD a few times, I’d pretty much shrugged them off as some generic sounding group without much afterthought but…
…fast forward to this past Saturday morning. I dropped Amy and Hailey off at their swim class and then bummed around Barnes & Noble for awhile. As I was perusing the periodicals I heard some familiar music come on over the loudspeaker. It was The Bird And The Bee and (much to my surprise) I really enjoyed what I heard. Something just clicked. Taking cues from classic 60’s female vocal music and even the modern electro-pop sounds of Stereolab, the duo (comprised of vocalist Inara George and multi-instrumentalist/producer Greg Kurstin) has a light and airy sound that was perfect with my coffee and copy of Punk Planet(seriously, the one with Ted Leo on the cover) on a Saturday morning. The Bird And The Bee is out now on Blue Note.
MP3 | The Bird And The Bee – Again & Again S/T
MP3 | The Bird And The Bee – I’m A Broken Heart S/T
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