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Andrew Bird asks Are You Serious? in his latest release

The first time I listened to Andrew Bird was a decade ago, cross-legged on my high school crush’s bedroom floor. The song was a release from one of his early projects, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire. As I tapped my foot to the twisting violin, my crush asked me if I knew what I was listening to. I paused, focused on the winding falsetto, and hazarded a guess: “Billie Holiday?” It is very unlikely that anyone would hear traces of Billie Holiday in Andrew Bird’s newest record Are You Serious? This speaks to how awful my ear is, as well…

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