BIRDY-WINGS
The 17 year old English-Flemish beauty is back with her second album, 'Fire Within', expected
for release on 23rd of September, and the first single she has chosen to release is the
irrefutable gem 'Wings'.
After seeing much success with her debut self titled album back in Autumn 2011, Birdy rose
to fame with her series of utterly beautiful covers and a number of self written tracks.
You'll remember her most for her stunning cover of Bon Iver's 'Skinny Love' or Cherry Ghost's
'People Help The People', both of which went down a storm on UK radio stations,
particularly Radio One, helping Birdy to, dare I make the pun, fly, even further.
And now with album number two, Birdy is able to really flex her wings (cheesy pun I know),
and she has progressed to writing more of her own material.
With her debut 'Birdy', it was apparent that this girl had talent by the bucket load.
An emotive, rich, beautiful voice that when put to music and to good use, can bring any lyrics
or material to life and help it to resonate even further with the listening audience.
However a decision was made, either by the record company or Birdie herself, to demonstate
her amazing abilities via a cover album. An indeed 'Birdy' is a truly stunning offer yes, but
I think many of us wanted to see Birdy combine her voice with her own material.
Because an artist instantly increases in credibility when they can both sing and produce their
own material that is equally good.
So the question was with Birdy, could she do it?
Well the answer is a definite yes, as her new single 'Wings' shows.
And judging by this, her new album is going to be a real beauty.
Birdy's own material is strong, well made, passionate, emotive, and of course compliments
her gorgeous voice even better than before.
She is also an artist who is accessible to people of all ages, and although obviously
a younger audience is probably better suited as she is only seventeen herself, there's no doubt
that a Birdy gig will contain older, maturer fans who relate to the wise-beyond-her-years element
that is present in her music.
I suppose in some respects, you could hail Birdy as the new Taylor Swift.
I personally, as a seventeen year girl, can relate to her music in that sense, especially as the music
resonates more when the artist is similar in age to yourself or singing about topics in a way you can relate to.
However as Taylor ventures further into the world of country-pop and global super stardom,
Birdy is a breath of fresh air, adopting a similar approach -young adult/teen trying to make sense of love, life etc.- but from a completely different perspective.
And the result is something genuinely commendable, stunning and unique.
So as Birdy soars to the next stage of her blossoming music career, you
may just want to be flying along behind her, because this is a young woman who really is quite something.
And I mean that in the absolute best way possible.
ALL YOU NEVER SAY
BOTH OFF OF 'FIRE WITHIN' OUT SEPTEMBER 23RD
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