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Track Listings
| 1. Go Faster Stripes |
| 2. Ohio |
| 3. Anticlimax |
| 4. Lazybones |
| 5. Christopher, You're A Soldier Now |
| 6. The Blinking |
| 7. Saddest Blue Dress |
| 8. Birthday |
| 9. Fearsome Crowd |
| 10. Shotgun Wedding |
| 11. Candyfloss Branches |
| 12. Dirty Birds |
Product Description
Daily Record.
"We may have KT Tunstall, Amy MacDonald and Sandi Thom, but there is definitely room for another Scots singer of this class."
CD Description
Dirty Birds is the debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Kat Flint, born in Barbados and raised by two scientists in the rural microcosm of North-East Scotland, where international oil wealth meets stormy farmland and 5000 year-old stone circles. Part folk, part pop, part something else entirely, the recording of Dirty Birds was entirely fan-funded (through necessity, after label funding fell through). Kat raised several thousand pounds through her internet fanbase, gig audiences, mailing list and word of mouth before a single note had been committed to tape. The dirty birds of the title manifest themselves in many forms pigeons and prostitutes, black crows and bomber jets... There are celebrations and requiems, reprimands, to-do lists and laments for little brothers marching off to war. The release of Dirty Birds comes hot on the heels of two independently released singles Go Faster Stripes and Christopher, You re A Soldier Now which have already won over many new fans including Steve Lamacq, who singled out Kat as the featured artist on his weekly Radio 2 show, and DJ s at BBC 6music, XFM Scotland and countless regional stations. Engineered and produced by fellow folkster/US producer David Peters (former protégé of Dave Fridmann) the album features contributions from the Guardian s "best band you ve never heard of" Revere, 6Music favourites It Hugs Back and KCRW-approved folk-noir songstress Jess Bryant, amongst others.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunningly beautiful album,
This review is from: Dirty Birds (Audio CD)
I have had the album for a few years and it is just the most incredible album. Her voice is in a league of its own. I hope she can get another album out as I am dying to hear more!
5.0 out of 5 stars
one of Britains most underrated songwriters ?,
By Jane Sez "Maximum RnB" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dirty Birds (Audio CD)
astonishing ... in a time when the industry is struggling to come up with anything of quality and class this artist goes largely ignored by the masses. Maybe its down to marketing or money i dont know. This is one of my favourite albums in my collection (which is some several thousand strong)it contains bouncy upbeat tunes that you wanna blast out of your car on a sunny day "Go faster stripes ","Anti Climax",the swooning melody of "Lazy bones" and alongside the moody subtle velvet dripping epics such as the painfully beautiful "Saddest Blue Dress","Shotgun Wedding" & "Candy floss Branches ".I have been lucky enough to see Kat Flint live a few times and she is worth going to see if she comes to your town.If Im pushed very hard to pull a couple of faves id go for Ohio & Fearsome Crowd although these are the the older tracks on the album ( having been issued as a single prior to the album )quite brilliant lyrically
If Ms Flint can come up with something as good or dare i say even better will remain to be seen.But I love this album every last song it simply oozes character, a quirky humour and I hope and hope she makes another one ! If you dont believe me look at the other reviews ..go on treat yourself
5.0 out of 5 stars
A beautiful, original and insightful album.,
This review is from: Dirty Birds (Audio CD)
I don't really understand why Kat Flint isn't up there trouncing everyone on Jools' show on BBC2 or enlightening us all on the radio, but rest assured one day this will be an album everyone will wish they'd bought when it was first released and you - if you buy it - will get to feel truly superior for having recognised the talent, truthfulness and wit of it at the time. It's a shame that she only seems to play live in London - I never get a chance to catch her live - apparently she is even better live so if you do live in London it's definitely going to be worth it!
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