Flutter to
Fuzz is the debut album from Invisible Bird, a trio collectively led by three
engaging and unique artists from the Bay Area and Colorado; Shane Endsley
(trumpet/effects), Dave Devine (guitar/effects) and Scott Amendola
(drums/effects). Known for their respective work with the Nels Cline Singers
and Mike Patton (Amendola), Brian Blade Fellowship and the Czars (Devine), and
Kneebody and Ani DiFranco (Endsley), each member of the trio serves as a distinct
compositional voice, crafting original music that traverses an array of
textures from rootsy backbeat grooves and pop melodies to swirling soundscapes
and meditative song structures. The group broadly employs the use of
electronics via their hefty collection of boutique stomp boxes, branching out
from a traditional jazz trio sound.
The opening
track “Colorado Reel” is a bluegrass tune for the 21st century; trumpet and
guitar stand in for fiddle whilst Endsley and Devine take turns interweaving a
bass groove over Amendola’s driving beats. Contrast that to the dirgelike chord
progressions of “Everytime I Look Down I See You Up There,” featuring the
ethereal vocals of Azure Ray’s Orenda Fink. The jazz pedigree of Invisible Bird
shines on “The Swagger Of The Tail Wagger,” an acoustic piece recorded live in
one room with no headphones, effects, or overdubs. The freely improvised jam “A
Little Dizzy” spins out into experimental territory with the addition of folk
artist Sam Amidon’s singsong spoken word and wandering fiddle. Flutter to Fuzz
also includes the band’s reinventions of Nick Drake’s “Cello Song” and Joni
Mitchell’s “Amelia.”
Tracklist:
1. Colorado
Reel
2. Keep
Digging
3. Bucketful
Of Miracles
4. Low Voice
5. Cello
Song (Nick Drake)
6. Everytime
I Look Down I See You Up There – feat. Orenda Fink
7. Swagger
Of The Tail Wagger
8. Amelia
(Joni Mitchell)
9. A Little
Dizzy – feat. Sam Amidon
10. Momentum
& Backlash
11. Squirm,
Sir Worm
Invisible
Bird Performances:
November 8 /
Blue Whale / Los Angeles, CA
November 9 /
The 4 Cats Cafe & Gallery / San Luis Obispo, CA
November 10
/ Red Poppy Art House / San Francisco, CA
November 12
/ Mississippi Studios / Portland, OR
November 13
/ Royal Room / Seattle, WA
November 14
/ Ivy Room / Albany, CA
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