Andrew Bird's "Tin Foiled" premieres on Pitchfork

NEW ANDREW BIRD TRACK “TIN FOILED” PREMIERES ON PITCHFORKCOLLECTION OF THE HANDSOME FAMILY COVERSTHINGS ARE REALLY GREAT HERE, SORT OF…OUT JUNE 3 DIGITALLYON TOUR THIS SUMMER WITH BAND HANDS OF GLORY,TO APPEAR AT BONNAROO AND SUMMERSTAGEPhotograph by Shervin Lainez“Bird is a force”—The Huffington Post“Andrew Bird is a musician’s musician. The classically trained multi-instrumentalist writes delightful pop songs disguised as beautiful violin and whistle-laden ballads.”—Time Pitchfork  is premiering “Tin Foiled,” the first track from Andrew Bird’s forthcoming collection of Handsome Family covers,  Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… , out June 3 digitally. Stream “Tin Foiled” via Soundcloud here and watch a trailer for the tour and album here.Bird will embark on a North American tour this summer with his band Hands of Glory (Tift Merritt, Alan Hampton (bass), Eric Heywood (pedal steel) Kevin O’Donnell (drums)) including dates at Summerstage,Telluride and Bonnaroo. The tour begins June 6th with a special live appearance on  Studio 360 at theBrooklyn Academy of Music  and two intimate shows at Rough Trade NYC on June 7. Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… is available for pre-order here.The Handsome Family (husband and wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks) have collaborated as a couple for more than 20 years. The band has garnered widespread critical acclaim, SPIN says “The songs are an effortless blend of vintage country and pre-rock ‘n’ roll pop, but New Mexico’s Handsome Family are no cutesy nostalgia act.” Bird, who has long be a fan and first covered their track “Don’t Be Scared” in 2003, toured with the band last fall.Things are Really Great Here, Sort Of… includes an updated rendition of “Don’t Be Scared,” along with “Far From Any Road,” the main title theme song for the HBO series True Detective. Watch The Handsome Family perform their track “So Much Wine” with Bird in Santa Barbara last fall here.The new album follows Bird’s 2013 release of the seven track EP I Want to See Pulaski at Night, and his 2012 release Hands of Glory, which was dubbed to be “A quiet, careful grower…it blooms into something beautiful.” byNPR, while gaining praise from  Rolling Stone , calling Bird a man whose “emotional urgency energizes his fluid multi-instrumental elocution.”Chicago-based film score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist, Andrew Bird, picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and gypsy music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Since beginning his recording career in 1997, he has released 11 albums, his first solo record Weather Systems coming in 2003. Bird has gone on to record with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Most recently Bird composed his first ever film score for the movieNorman (hailed as “a probing, thoughtful score” by The New York Times; available now on Mom + Pop), contributed to the soundtrack of The Muppets and collaborated with inventor Ian Schneller on Sonic Arboretum, an installation at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.ANDREW BIRD TOUR DATESJune 6                                            Brooklyn Academy of Music                               Brooklyn, NYJune 7                                                         Rough Trade                                             Brooklyn, NYJune 8                                                       Lincoln Theatre                                       Washington, DCJune 9                                                       Lincoln Theatre                                       Washington, DCJune 10                                                        Cat’s Cradle                                              Carrboro, NCJune 12                                                        Orange Peel                                              Asheville, TNJune 13                                                          Bonnaroo                                           Manchester, TNJune 15                                                     Cain’s Ballroom                                                Tulsa, OKJune 16                                               The Paramount Theater                                        Austin, TXJune 19                                        Chautauqua Community House                                Boulder, COJune 20                                        Chautauqua Community House                                Boulder, COJune 21                                                           Telluride                                                 Telluride, COJuly 2                                                         Power Center                                          Ann Arbor, MIJuly 4                                               Toronto Urban Roots Fest                                   Toronto, ONJuly 5                                                     Ottawa Blues Fest                                           Ottawa, ONJuly 6                                                            Jazz Fest                                                Montreal, QCJuly 8                                                          Summerstage                                           New York, NYJuly 10                              Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center                    Hanover, NHJuly 11                                                          The Klein                                             Bridgeport, CTJuly 12                                           Lowell Summer Music Series                                   Lowell, MAJuly 18                                                 Vancouver Folk Fest                                     Vancouver, BCJuly 24                                                    Calgary Folk Fest                                            Calgary, ABJuly 26                                                    Interstellar Rodeo                                       Edmonton, ABAugust 1                                              Henry Miller Library                                         Big Sur, CAAugust 2                                                 Mountain Winery                                          Saratoga, CAAugust 3                                              Sigmund Stern Grove                               San Francisco, CASeptember 19                                              Humphrey’s                                            San Diego, CASeptember 21                                          Hollywood Bowl                                     Los Angeles, CAVisit the official Andrew Bird website (http://www.andrewbird.net/home/)
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