Birdtalker Release Debut Album Today Following HEAVY Streaming Phenomenon

Nashville-based quintet Birdtalker released today their anticipated debut album Onevia Sensibility Recordings/Tone Tree Music. The group's first full-length follows the success of their song "Heavy", a streaming phenomenon which has amassed over 23 million streams on Spotify alone (and counting) with no label support. The weightiness of the song's weightlessness captivated listeners who discovered the song, bringing the freshly intrigued out to see Birdtalker on their first tour recently, and whetting appetites for their full-length debut. Fronted by couple Zack and Dani Green, Birdtalker have cultivated a special connection with their listeners through their blend of pulsing Americana/folk/pop, honest lyrics, and breathtaking harmonies. Listen to the album now via Spotify, Apple Music, and all other streaming services.

Birdtalker announced their debut along with the release of lead single "Free Like A Broken Heart" which Rolling Stone called a "satisfying new song, which has a loose playfulness not often heard in Americana...It's infectious and sprightly, proof that songs about hardship needn't always be dour." It was followed by the release of "Outside The Lines," debuted by Billboard who called it a "gentle, harmony-laden folk song."

Watch their live stripped-down performances of "Free Like A Broken Heart" and "Outside The Lines."

Birdtalker's path to formation was, much like the success of "Heavy," hardly planned out. "Neither of us were in bands before we started this one," said Dani. The Greens figured out they had some harmonic alchemy early in their relationship, but neither had performed music in public before, even solo, much less imagined starting a band. Zack admits he hadn't even been much of a music lover growing up, but suddenly found himself exposed to a whole new world of music in his 20s. He began drifting towards emotionally intent acts while writing songs with his similarly newly muse-stricken spouse. In Birdtalker, you hear a combination of that utter lack of guile with the kind of songcraft it's hard to believe hasn't been cultivated from birth.

Eventually, drummer Andrew Hubright, guitarist Brian Seligman, and bassist Jesse Baker drifted in, all careful not to talk too frequently or blatantly about incorporating as a group. Voice memos of song demos were produced, and suddenly they were a band, in everything but name or confessed intent. "We were very unintentionally doing what we were doing," laughs Dani. "Looking back, Brian and Andy had more of a vision for what we should be doing, and were probably very frustrated that they were dragging us along into becoming a band." All's well that ends collectively.

Track List:

01) Ankle Bone

02) Nothing's Right

03) Looking For Love

04) Outside The Lines

05) Autodomesticated Animal

06) Free Like A Broken Heart

07) Be Where You Are

08) Heavy

09) Medea

10) Take It Slow

11) One

Tour Dates:

06/26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade

06/29 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East

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