{"id":317,"date":"2010-01-29T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=317"},"modified":"2011-02-12T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T19:39:23","slug":"andrew-bird-andrew-birds-bowl-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/01\/29\/andrew-bird-andrew-birds-bowl-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bird: Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ll admit it: I like Andrew Bird himself and find his creativity and talent inspiring, but I’ve had a hard time getting into Andrew Bird’s music. When I tried to just listen to him, I found myself liking “Imitosis”, “Heretics”… and that was about it. When I actually watched him play, by way of videos of live performances, I fell in love with a few more songs, like “Anonanimal” and the marvellously ungainly-titled “A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left”. While all the songs weren’t clicking with me, the ones that did click, clicked hard. <\/p>\n

I previewed samples from a few of his albums and just wasn’t finding a whole album I felt like dropping a dime on… until I hit those first two Bowl of Fire albums – Thrills<\/i> and Oh! The Grandeur<\/i> – then it was Hot, damn! (On the third and final Bowl of Fire album, The Swimming Hour<\/i>, switched gears, delving into a variety of pop styles. Bird refers to it as his “jukebox album”. ) If, like me just a week or so ago, you have no clue about the history of Mr. Bird before his ever-growing success as a solo artist, he spent some time contributing his beautiful bow-work to classic Squirrel Nut Zippers’ albums like Hot<\/i> and Perennial Favorites<\/i>. That hot jazz vibe must have sat very comfortably with Bird as he went on to form Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire – which was basically Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality Six led by Bird – and the first two albums under that moniker feature all the best elements of what the Zippers were laying down (along with a little help from Zippers Katherine Whalen and Jimbo Mathus), not the least of which was Bird’s evocative fiddle-playing. <\/p>\n

The tune “Candy Shop” is a foot-stomper of the highest order. Bird’s trademark wordplay is already on display in tracks like “Minor Stab” about a man who can’t get along with his one-man band. And if a beautifully bowed piece like “Wait” doesn’t make you want to grab a lemonade and sit on the porch swing with your best gal or fella, then I’m not sure I even want to know you. <\/p>\n

Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire – Candy Shop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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