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Total Runtime:Little Birdy: bigbiglove
English
4 October 2004
12
45 minutes 15 seconds
Tracklist
- Excited
- Come On Little Heartbreaker
- Beautiful To Me
- It's All My Fault
- Tonight's The Night
- Message To God
- Losing You
- Relapse
- Forever
- Close To You
- It's A Rule For You All
- Andy Warhol
Review Unlike previous CD reviews, there isn't much I can say other than Little Birdy was an Australian alternative-rock band that performed from 2002-2010. However, the group's vocalist - Katy Steele - comes from a family with a history of music. Her father is an accomplished blues musician, while her oldest brother performs together with their father; her twin brother performs on keyboards in his own band; finally her other brother is Luke Steele, or as some of you may know him as one half of Empire of the Sun, and is also the vocalist and songwriter of the alternative rock band, The Sleepy Jackson.
Formed in 2002, it wasn't until 2004 when Little Birdy released their first album, though they did live performances and small gigs before releasing bigbiglove.This is Little Birdy's debut album, and the first thing you will notice when you start listening to this album is Katy Steele's vocals. She has a very distinct and unique singing voice that goes really well with the indie/alternative rock of the band. No matter what the tempo or the song, Steele seems to add a calming feel to the mix.
The overall theme of this album is obviously about love (as indicated by the name of the album), highlighting the best and worst aspects of it, so bigbiglove may not be up everyone's alley. However, this is less of a criticism of the album, and more of a personal preference.
However, my only criticism of is that bigbiglove is a very short album. At just over 45 minutes long, I can't help but think that the album could have done with one or two more tracks. On the other hand, the fact that the runtime is my only complaint shouldn't detract from what I feel is still a good album, despite being released back in 2004.
I purchased this album from Amazon Japan for about 300 yen (roughly $3-4) second hand. Despite my copy being second hand, new copies can also be purchased for a reasonable price.