The Bird and The Radio: Mistaken for planes (Single, 2011)

The bedroom pop project of J. Blake Wood is an exercise in beauty through limitations. Recording under the name The Bird and the Radio, Wood purposely set up recording obstacles surrounding his EP. Establishing a “$100 rule” he decided that any instrument or piece of recording equipment had to be less than $100 or had to be received as gifts. It’s an interesting concept that steps dangerously close to being gimmicky, but the music stands as testament to capable hands. While the production smacks of obvious bedroom quality, the music itself has a charm that no amount of money can buy. Stream or download (vía: cactusmouth.tumblr.com):

The Bird and The Radio:
“Mistaken for Planes”