Break From Life

After meeting in 1992 as members of St Etienne's touring band, Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul Kelly (East Village) turned their shared love of the soft rock and sunshine pop of the 1960s and 1970s into the now-legendary Birdie. In the summer of 1998 Birdie recorded their debut album "Some Dusty" with the estimable Brian O'Shaughnessy (Denim, Moose, The Clientele). It's a deep and beautiful album, with melodic & sophisticated (yet understated) arrangements providing the perfect setting for Debsey's sweet and soulful soft-pop vocals. Add in gorgeous string arrangements from The High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan and you have all the makings of a pop classic. Subsequent singles and a second album cemented their reputation as top-notch purveyors of pop, but family life and other artistic pursuits called and Birdie has only been sporadically active since 2001. Their brief but perfectly-formed discography has become the stuff of legend, though, charming savvy pop fans around the world with its timeless songcraft and flawless production. Summer 2024 will see the long overdue vinyl reissue of "Some Dusty" on US indie label Slumberland Records, returning this classic album to much-needed availability in deluxe remastered form with a deluxe 60s-style laminated heavy card jacket and a fine insert with rare photos and liner notes by Chickfactor’s Gail O’Hara.

Some Dusty

Pre-order

Birdie - Let Her Go

Peel Dream Magazine - "Four Leaf Clover"

Red Mile

Ballad Of Billy


Shiver in the doorway
Secrets on your skin
Nightmares in the corners
They're creeping back again
You wear a painted silence
A fragile masquerade
But shadows love the quiet
Where heavy hearts are made


Speak the storm that’s in you
Let the thunder break through

Time to talk  let the walls fall down
Time to talk  turn the fear around
Time to talk  in the echo, we belong
When we share the pain, we grow strong

Footsteps in a hallway
Pacing through your mind
Trouble leaves its fingerprints
On everything you find
But I am here beside you
A lantern in the black
Name the ghosts that haunt you
We’ll never let them back


Speak the storm that’s in you
Let the thunder break through


Time to talk  let the walls fall down
Time to talk  turn the fear around
Time to talk  in the echo, we belong
When we share the pain, we grow strong


Whispers sharpen, cut like knives
But shared they soften, shifting lives
No one bleeds in solitude
Raise your voice, break the brood


Time to talk let the walls fall down
Time to talk  turn the fear around
Time to talk  in the echo, we belong
When we share the pain, we grow strong


TIME TO TALK

Cold apartment

Taken from 'Anagrams' released 1st July 2016 on Melodic.
Pre-order DIGI/CD/LP/Deluxe here: www.melodic.co.uk/anagrams

Written & produced by Stephen Steinbrink. 
Engineered by Nich Wilbur at UNKNOWN, 2014 - 2015


Click To Buy

Stephen Steinbrink - Building Machines

SUOKAS - SKYGGER

Guidance

wwoman - Nightwalk 

Stream wwoman:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3bvaVxy4LIPalRkLXBkYrX
Watch wwoman:
https://www.youtube.com/wwoman
Stalk wwoman:
https://www.instagram.com/realwwoman/
Buy wwoman:
https://www.realwwoman.com/

wwoman - New Moon

the bench

Home to Strawberry Guy, The Cool Greenhouse, W. H. Lung, Cool Ghouls, The Drink, Man Of Moon, Holy Family, Paume, Archie Pelago, Stephen Steinbrink, King Of The Mountains K-X-P, Patterns, Dark Dark Dark, Standard Fare, Windmill, The Longcut, Soundcarriers, Working For A Nuclear Free City, Eddy Current Suppression Ring....
http://www.melodic.co.uk/

Stephen Steinbrink - Building Machines

Melodic Records