Andrew Bird Reveals Cover Art, Tracklist, New Teaser For Break It Yourself

Andrew Bird’s much-anticipated twelfth album, Break It Yourself, is due March 6 on Mom + Pop. Produced by Bird, the album was recorded at his barn in Western Illinois near the banks of the Mississippi River. Break It Yourself follows Bird’s 2009 full length release Noble Beast, which was hailed as his “most instantly inviting album by far” by the Los Angeles Times while Rolling Stone praised him for “fusing…emotive indie rock with the chamber-music experimentalism of his early recordings.”

Bird will celebrate the release of Break It Yourself with a North American tour set to kick off in Texas in mid-March; please see below for a list of dates. Concert tickets are now available via major ticket outlets. All concert tickets are bundled with a unique musical package including a redemption code to download Break It Yourself upon release date. Ticket purchasers will also receive a download of Fake Conversations, a live EP culled from Bird’s fall 2011 tour, and a second souvenir live EP from the 2012 tour this coming spring. U.S. fans who don’t live in upcoming tour markets will be able to buy the album/live EP bundle as part of a standalone pre-order as well. Break It Yourself will also be available in a deluxe edition vinyl package with details to come shortly. A new video previewing the album can be seen at http://andrewbird.net.

Chicago-based film score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and gypsy music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Since beginning his recording career in 1997 he has released 11 albums, his first solo record Weather Systems coming in 2003. Bird has gone on to record with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Most recently Bird composed his first ever film score for the movie Norman (hailed as “a probing, thoughtful score” by The New York Times; available now on Mom + Pop), contributed to the soundtrack of The Muppets and collaborated with inventor Ian Schneller on Sonic Arboretum, an installation at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.

Tracklist:

1. Desperation Breeds…
2. Polynation
3. Danse Caribe
4. Give it Away
5. Eyeoneye
6. Lazy Projector
7. Near Death Experience Experience
8. Behind the Barn
9. Lusitania
10. Orpheo Looks Back
11. Sifters
12. Fatal Shore
13. Hole in the Ocean Floor
14. Belles

Tour Dates:

• January 12Hawaii TheatreHonolulu, HI
• March 15Majestic TheatreDallas, TX*
• March 16The Howlin’ WolfNew Orleans, LA*
• March 17TabernacleAtlanta, GA*
• March 19Ryman AuditoriumNashville, TN*
• March 20Southern TheatreColumbus, OH*
• March 22The PageantSt. Louis, MO*
• March 23The Uptown TheaterKansas City, MO*
• March 24Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WI*
• April 9Paramount TheatreSeattle, WA†
• April 10The VogueVancouver, BC†
• April 11Arlene Schnitzer Concert HallPortland, OR†
• April 13Fox TheaterOakland, CA†
• April 18Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts CenterMesa, AZ†
• April 19Lensic Performing Arts CenterSanta Fe, NM†
• April 20Rialto TheaterTucson, AZ†
• May 3Union TransferPhiladelphia, PA‡
• May 4Beacon TheatreNew York, NY‡
• May 5Beacon TheatreNew York, NY§
• May 6House of BluesBoston, MA‡
• May 89:30 ClubWashington, DC‡
• May 9Ramshead LiveBaltimore, MD‡
• May 10The Fillmore DetroitDetroit, MI**
• May 12Auditorium TheatreChicago, IL**

* with Eugene Mirman
† with Laura Marling
‡ with Patrick Watson
§ with Tift Merritt
** with Mucca Pazza

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