There’s a new band making their way into the Annapolis, Maryland music scene, Little Bird. Their debut album, Flipping the Bird was released in September. The CD only has eight tracks but the price is right for only $5.
With the release of their latest video to the song, Miss Tangerine, a few weeks ago, these kids seem to be on the right track. Yes, I said kids. Little bird consists of two 18 year olds. My first thought when listening to the song and seeing the video was, “Oh god, I feel so old.” After having a good cry about all the years I’ve wasted, I gave the video another go. The song is uplifting, witty and fun. It has a Southern Blues sound with some great guitar picking and vocals to back it up. It's starts off with some nice percussion created by fret hand muting by the rhythmic guitarist. There are also some nice moments of lead and rhythmic guitar sounds together and of course, no Blues song is complete without a great harmonica solo. I wish more Blues sounding music was as uplifting as this one but then I guess it wouldn't be the Blues afterall.
Here’s a song that doesn’t ask us to contemplate reality or bare our souls, it’s just a nice tune to dance around to and feel good. It’s made me realize not everything needs depth, some things can truly just be for entertainment purposes. Watch the video and remember the fun times from your high school days. Oh, and the band members would like everyone to know, Little Bird has no correlation to the sizes of their ‘birds’.
