News Andrew Bird Announces New Album, ‘Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…’
New covers album consists of reinterpretations of The Handsome Family.
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird has announced plans to put out a brand new album of covers next week (3rd June).
The surprise release is called 'Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…' It consists of several covers of folk group The Handsome Family, and it's been announced via a new minute and a half-long trailer.
Watch the trailer for Andrew Bird's new album below. Andrew's last solo release was 'Hands of Glory', which came out in 2012.
Pre-order Andrew Bird's 'Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...'
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