Past the Atmosphere

This might be the most exciting sentence I’ve read in recent memory:

“In about a week I will load up my car with amplifiers and guitars and drive to Nashville to begin recording my next record.”

This is from a recent NYT blog post by none other than Andrew Bird, who created one of my favorite albums of 2007. Armchair Apocrypha was astoundingly good, and it sounds like he’s got some interesting songs lined up for this next project.

If you ever get a chance to see Andrew Bird live, do not miss it. A friend and I caught him at 3rd & Lindsley a couple years back, playing a Lightning 100 radio show with Over the Rhine, and I was truly impressed. It was really interesting to watch this obvious introvert who somehow managed to have an almost frantic energy and stage presence. It might have had a bit to do with his unique ability to play the violin and guitar in the same song…