Andrew Bird is one of my favorite artists so whenever he releases new music, even if it's an EP, I'm all about it. Pitchfork did a review of his latest EP Soldier On(which I have yet to pick up) and gave it a 7.7. "The Trees Were Mistaken" is a great song on the EP and well worth previewing. Excerpt from the review:
The most remarkable track on the EP is the one that kicks it off, though. "The Trees Were Mistaken" is something new for Bird, and really quite good. It takes the looping technique he's perfected over the years to a new level, throwing blankets of sound over a programmed beat, with dabs of pizzicato violin and splashes of electric guitar splattered across the surface. Bird joins the layers of texture with his voice, riding the song's swelling pulse into a thorny den of oscillating violins and eerie whistling. It's a track that makes this compilation more notable than your average side release-in fact, Soldier On is exceptionally good for a quick collection of rarities, a must-have for fans and a genuine expansion of his range.
If you missed Andrew Bird before this, go and pick up his album Armchair Apocrypha...truly a great album. Bird is a violin virtuoso and uses the instrument to lay down music you've never heard before. Pitchforks review of that album gives it a 7.7 but I think it deserves a 9.5.
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