Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha 09/27/2005 Though the signature Spector-on-steroids E

Though the signature Spector-on-steroids E Street Band sound wouldn't fall fully into place until the next album

playing at the peak of its power

mellow sounding hollow body guitars

the Clash accomplish it with swaggering panache

sounding like Frank Ocean tracks that were stored in an ice chest

Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha 09/27/2005 Though the signature Spector-on-steroids EIssued in 2007, ARMCHAIR APOCRYPHA marks a period of change for indie pop vocalist violinist Andrew Bird, as it's both his debut on the Fat Possum label and his first solo album without longtime collaborators Kevin O'Connell and Nora O'Connor. Recorded by the Chicago based performer in Minneapolis with a cadre of local musicians, most notably multi instrumentalist Martin Dosh, APOCRYPHA furthers Bird's inventive, genre melding aesthetic, with the