by Daniel Erenberg

Andrew Bird is a musician who, historically, has flitted between genres like a hummingbird. For a while there, with each record released, you never quite knew what to expect. So it’s a little bit dismaying that his new release, Noble Beast, sounds so much like an Andrew Bird record. All the signs are there that it is clearly him being himself: the ever-present whistling, the pizzicato violin, the abstract lyrics, often referencing science and history. Noble Beast is an Andrew Bird record to an almost distracting degree. But I guess it’s a good thing that Andrew Bird is so damn good at what he does. It still results in a fantastic record.

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February 2, 2009 at 5:37pm