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Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of…
Singer-Songwriter · 2014 · 10 tracks · 35m

Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of…

A stripped-back collection of Handsome Family covers. Sparse acoustic arrangements, mournful fiddle, and dusty Americana replace Bird's usual chamber-pop loops.

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It's Andrew Bird playing back-porch folk songs that sound like they were written by ghosts.

A quiet, dusty reverence for the dark and strange stories of the American heartland.

Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of… · vs · Andrew Bird
Storytelling+2.3σ

The writing leans far further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 35m
01
Cathedral in the Dell
3:59
02
Tin Foiled
3:26
03
Giant of Illinois
3:31
04
So Much Wine, Merry Christmas
3:31
05
My Sister’s Tiny Hands
3:43
06
The Sad Milkman
3:29
07
Don’t Be Scared
3:21
08
Frogs Singing
2:44
09
Drunk by Noon
3:01
10
Far From Any Road (Be My Hand)
4:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting vocal blend on track 4 that captures the hollow ache of holiday isolation.
The way the fiddle mimics a low, mourning whistle during the bridge of track 3.
The transition into the desert-noir atmosphere of the final track, where the tempo slows to a crawl.
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