For those unaware, acclaimed Brooklyn artist Bird Streets has returned with Lagoon (Sparkle Plenty/Deko), an album about separation, rumination, regret, and recurrence, that travels the darker passages of the heart and mind in search of something resembling clarity.

For his second album under the Bird Streets name, John Brodeur has widely expanded on the project’s collaborative foundation, enlisting production by Patrick Sansone (Wilco), Michael Lockwood (Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple), and Zach Jones (Sting) and Oscar Albis Rodriguez (A Great Big World), plus guest appearances from the likes of Aimee Mann, Ed Harcourt, John Davis (Superdrag), Jody Stephens (Big Star), and an array of top-shelf session players.

With mixing split between Sansone and Grammy winner Michael Brauer(Coldplay, John Mayer), and mastering by Grammy nominee Pete Lyman (Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton), Lagoon is an enormous step forward sonically, while musically it’s a tour de force from an artist who has been hailed for his evocative storytelling and keen attention to craft.

1. Sleeper Agent
2. Machine
3. Burnout
4. The Document
5. Let You Down
6. Leave No Trace
7. SF 1993
8. Ambulance
9. Disappearing Act
10. On Fire
11. Unkind
12. Go Free

This vibrantly harmonious new album opens on the melodically languishing Sleeper Agent and the indie rock of Machine, those are followed by the stalking rhythms within Burnout, the veritably acoustic The Document, the drum-led, gentle guitar vibe of Let You Down, and then comes the unrestrained, Springsteen-esque Leave No Trace.

Next up is the tuneful hipsway of SF 1993 and the gently frenetic Ambulance and they are in turn backed by the percussion-adorned Disappearing Act, the almost-shimmering On Fire, with the album coming to an all-too-soon close on the mid-tempo rocker Unkind and the late 90’s indie appeal (akin to The Mighty Lemon Drops, House of Love, et al) of Go Free.

Lagoon is out November 4th, 2022 on CD, digital, and limited-edition double vinyl.

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