Andrew Bird's Lull: An Elegant Symphony on The Capacity to Be Alone.
Chicago's Andrew Bird has had a 15-year gradual, unusual climb to musical success. In an industry where careers tend to be made on the back of a big breakthrough, Bird hasn't had one yet. Nevertheless, after 15 years of relentless work, Bird has gone from playing small, gloomy 75-seat bars in Chicago, to performing before thousands at Chicago's Millennium Park and in New York City's Carnegie Hall.
Whenever Bird is on-stage, whether it be at a tiny basement bar in Chicago, or performing before audiences of thousands, he’s always engaged in something of a musical high-wire act, whistling, singing and maniacally shifting from his violin to a guitar to a glockenspiel. And all the while, his feet are busy working the pedals of an electronic looping station that records and then plays back his musical progressions in short intervals. He’s a true one-man-band, layering one musical passage on top of another, gradually nudging each song toward its orchestral crescendo.
“Lull” is a musical short animated film, the tale of an old man and the sea. The film is a very lonely one. The old man is walking on a pier with his bucket of lobsters, when he encounters a large squid for which he instantly has a fateful attraction. The man becomes an oceanic recluse, floating around and rejecting the world of men. Bird sings of being alone, "It can be quite romantic/ Like Jacques Cousteau/ Underneath the Atlantic/ A fantastic voyage/ To parts unknown."
Andrew Bird's poignant delivery is a truly exhilarating experience. The layers of "Lull" are way too many to count, but there's no doubt that it shines as a rare masterpiece musical craftsmanship.
This detailed article includes a number of colorful pictures, as well as the remarkable musical animated short film.
Whenever Bird is on-stage, whether it be at a tiny basement bar in Chicago, or performing before audiences of thousands, he’s always engaged in something of a musical high-wire act, whistling, singing and maniacally shifting from his violin to a guitar to a glockenspiel. And all the while, his feet are busy working the pedals of an electronic looping station that records and then plays back his musical progressions in short intervals. He’s a true one-man-band, layering one musical passage on top of another, gradually nudging each song toward its orchestral crescendo.
“Lull” is a musical short animated film, the tale of an old man and the sea. The film is a very lonely one. The old man is walking on a pier with his bucket of lobsters, when he encounters a large squid for which he instantly has a fateful attraction. The man becomes an oceanic recluse, floating around and rejecting the world of men. Bird sings of being alone, "It can be quite romantic/ Like Jacques Cousteau/ Underneath the Atlantic/ A fantastic voyage/ To parts unknown."
Andrew Bird's poignant delivery is a truly exhilarating experience. The layers of "Lull" are way too many to count, but there's no doubt that it shines as a rare masterpiece musical craftsmanship.
This detailed article includes a number of colorful pictures, as well as the remarkable musical animated short film.
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