With four studio albums under her belt, Jane Price, known creatively as Bird, is a musical veteran. But with her new single, it’s clear she’s just getting started. The culmination of a childhood spent training in classical music and a lengthy professional career working as a composer, writer, instrumentalist, and artist, her sound is precise and magnifying. Blending electronic notes into a folk instrumental base, she creates awe-inspiring and expansive soundscapes that are truly one-of-a-kind.
Bird’s new track, “The Tides”, is the lead single from the forthcoming soundtrack album for Wider Than The Sky, an award winning short film that explores the complexities of childhood trauma, human connection, and imagination. Co-written with John Paul White, it pairs perfectly with the film while standing on its own as a story in its own right.
Speaking on the film, she explains: ”I wanted to write a semi-autobiographical short film about a particular event from my childhood that I have in my other work as a song writer touched upon often, but never explored from a true story telling and more visual perspective. Despite the inevitable trauma associated with seeing a parent seriously unwell as a young child, it was during this period that I also discovered the power of my own imagination to help me cope with what would otherwise have been a terrifying time.”
About “The Tides” she adds: “I’d been listening to old Cure records hiding in the bedroom of a sailing boat I’d been ill advised to take a day trip on that hit rough seas. A few months later I travelled to LA with legendary producer Mike Hedges to record and write some new songs for my forthcoming Bird album, where I was co-writing with John Paul White from The Civil Wars. JP started playing guitar and I instantly thought lyrics I had been working on matched what he was strumming. Eventually we brought the song back to the UK where I recorded the piano on one of the Beatles pianos in studio 2 Abbey Road the day after I recorded the orchestra there in Studio 1, so there’s a lot of magic in this track.”
We are so excited to premiere the video for “The Tides”, a real visual treat that adds another layer to the enrolling track.
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