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Minorbirds

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1.	Patterns 04:16	info	buy track
2.	Sunday Eyes 04:27	info	buy track
3.	I Am 05:39	info	buy track
4.	Equivocator 03:18	info	buy track
5.	Artemis 04:25	info	buy track
6.	Give it Time 05:57	info	buy track
7.	7 Heads 02:50	info	buy track
8.	The Devil was Born in Tennessee 06:30	info	buy track
9.	Lullaby for Frances 02:47	info	buy track
10.	The Dream 04:00	info	buy track
11.	Eustacia's Ballad 05:33	info	buy track
12.	Generations 05:04	info	buy track

about

It’s strange for an album’s contents, creatively speaking, to be so evenly divided between its band members. But this is the way it was done on the Minorbirds self-titled first album. Six songs were written and composed by Brooke and six by Megan. We generally don’t collaborate together when we’re writing songs. For this reason, when we started talking about recording an album, it was difficult for us to imagine that we could produce something cohesive. The term “concept album” was far from our minds initially. We were happy just to get these songs out and captured for our family and friends. But as the recording process became more serious, things changed. The album started to become alive, taking on its own personality, preferences, and particularities. We started feeling more like passengers in the process, instead of drivers. The album began to be unified by common threads. New songs were written and old songs were discarded. The songs that initially didn’t seem to fit together suddenly surprised us with what they had in common. What was that commonality? It was hard to capture its spirit in a single word, or even a string of words, but there was an image which kept returning to us: the image of the Russion Matryoshka doll.

This is a powerful traditional image, and its power lies in its ability to capture multi-dimensional and mythical concepts in one symbolic representation. For this reason, we’d be most inclined to leave our listeners to receive and explore this image alongside our music and interpret it as they would.

That being said, we will disclose that one of the more compelling concepts we explored in the image of the nesting doll was the tension of the generations that came before us, and how they can function both as something that hold and nurture, and something that confine and bind. As something of power, but also something of weakness.

We are thrilled to bring you this album. We’ve enjoyed the whole process, and it has been greatly enhanced by the many collaborations with musicians, friends, and family along the way. We hope you enjoy our work and that it brings encouragement to your lives!

Love,
Brooke and Megan

credits

released February 4, 2021

A huge thank you to these guest musicians:
Jeff Gilbertson - Upright Bass, Trumpet and Trombone
Caleb Anderson - Keyboard, Piano and Accordion
Luke Lekander - Drums and Percussion
Angela Nuckols - Violin
Rich Matson - Finger Snaps

Additional Credits:
Album Art - Anathea Swanson

Recorded and mixed at Sparta Sound by Rich Mattson
Mastered by Tom Garneau

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Minorbirds Minnesota

The Minorbirds consist of two strong, fervent women of the northwoods. They exhibit a strong musical connectedness, which is evident in their effortless vocal blending and tight delivery. Minorbirds’ music is driven by rich harmonies, deep lyrical connection, and a diversity of influences which provide depth and breadth to their performances. ... more

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