Introducing Birdvox and their debut album 'Shamming The Drama'. Twelve big-sky songs of joy, rage, connection, grief, empowerment, the natural world, and peace for the times we’re in. Political disco; skewed - folk floor fillers; avian electronica; hymns to humanity... the honest and cathartic noise of the multi-tasking artist-producers who made this record, equally and collectively.
Birdvox is Sarah Hayes (vocals, synth, flute, drum programming), a founding member of Glasgow’s beloved Admiral Fallow ; Inge Thomson (vocals, accordion, field recordings, drum programming), a long-time collaborator with the multi-award-winning songwriter and storyteller Karine Polwart ; Jenny Sturgeon (vocals, guitars, keyboards, drum programming), a SAY Award-nominated solo artist and singer with alt-folk mainstays Salt House ; and Charlotte Printer (vocals, bass, percussion, drum programming) who’s previously performed with revived Scottish pop icons Altered Images and Loyle Carner – collaborator Joesef.
The album was produced by Birdvox and Peter Brewis of Prince-favourites Field Music.
Singing in Scots, Shetland dialect, old Norn and English, Birdvox distil their individual influences into a unique musical point of view and a joyful live experience.
“Perhaps the standout event of the whole festival... exciting and energetic... at the intersection of boundary-pushing art and extremely listenable, melody-based pop” (The Skinny)
Shamming The Drama is new music pulled from pasts that never met. It’s post-folk, post-pop, post-pigeonhole. It’s the sum of all its parts. It’s what happens when you rewrite the recipe, shake the kaleidoscope, and make a record only these four people could make together.