The Mysterious Pop of Andrew Bird

I don't really know much about Andrew Bird except that he's a Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and whistler. That's pretty much all I know about him and all of that I've read on his website a while back. On the other hand what I do know well is that he's probably my favorite active singer/songwriter today with great masterpiece pop albums such as The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Armchair Apocrypha and the most recent Noble Beast and I've spun all of them today in a rally to find pure pop bliss. I succeeded.

But I'm getting ahead of myself, simply calling Andrew Bird's music as "pop" is kind of an understatement and it's really hard for me to describe Andrew Bird's music but I usually go with; pure pop bliss mixed with tons of weird quirky lyrics as the main pillars of it, all packaged with pure charm and talent. Let's be frank, great pop is hard to come by these days, especially pop as ambitious as what Andrew Bird is accomplishing with pretty much every album. It's catchy and full of melodies but it's so quirky and weird at the same time, ultimately it's just beautiful music.

The Mysterious Production of Eggs is definitely his best album that I have in my collection and that is where I suggest anyone starts if they have any interest in checking out Andrew Bird, that's where I started and was completely blown away. Still I wouldn't disqualify any of the other albums since all of them are pretty great in their own way and should be heard by anyone who appreciated great catchy pop music with a coat of quirkiness. I'm personally off to once again sink myself into the strange world of Andrew Bird and his beautiful music.