Andrew Bird is a fairly prolific musician, so it's no surprise that he's returned with new music only a few months after his last album Inside Problems. Today, he's shared a duet with Phoebe Bridgers that's a reimagining of Emily Dickinson's poem "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain." It comes with all the signature bells and whistles of a great Bird song—warm violin fit for a pastoral rendezvous, chilling observations (albeit plucked from a 17th century poet), not to mention his literal whistling that reaches to the high heavens.
"I came across this Emily Dickinson poem and found it to be the most vivid description of an inner world I've ever encountered," Bird explained. "It became an inspiration for the songs on Inside Problems. Who better to sing it with than Phoebe Bridgers? I sent her a demo and so, here we are. Thanks to Ms. Dickinson's publisher at Harvard University Press for allowing us to use this poem. As I understand, her poems weren't published as she intended them until the 1950s—that is, without the heavy hand of her male editors."
Check out the visualizer for "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" below.
