Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream

I’m going to refrain from a full-out review of Andrew Bird’s Fitz and Dizzyspells EP simply because there’s not a whole lot of new material on it. Frankly, I’m a little confused by the release of this extended play; most of the songs appeared on the most recent album Noble Beast, but simply under different names.  “See the Enemy” is really “Anonanimal” while “Ten-You-Us” is really “Tenuousness”, etc. Nonetheless, there are certain perceptible differences between the ‘original’ and alternate versions, and the timely release of these tracks is enough to remind me of how wonderful an album Noble Beast really was. “Sectionate  City” gets some better treatment than on the previously released live EP Solider On, reminding me of the time His Birdness came to Northwestern and performed this same piece for one of his first times. As a live cut, it was simply magical and I remembe being so entranced by it. In terms of the studio version, though, I’m not as enthralled.

Check out Fitz and Dizzyspells (EP)

Listen to “See the Enemy”

Listen to “Sectionate City“