For those not in the know, more than an album, ‘See Her’ is a wonderful and heartwarming window into vulnerability and identity. Packing eleven songs, the record emerges from Light Bird’s experience as a Trans person, starting from the decision she made in 2022, five weeks before her wedding, to come out and change her life for the better.

Steeped into an eclectic pool of folk, pop and rock influences, ‘See Her’ feels moody and electrifying, a roller-coaster of emotions that resonate with elegance and nostalgia.

An album that invites reflection and understanding, a peek into the courage of transitioning and embracing one’s true self. Light Bird (known by day as Danni Hoshino) is particularly adamant about showing the intricate consequences that follow such a radical act, from the sudden freedom gained to the catharsis of leaving the past behind.

Crucially, one of the elements that Hoshino carries into her new Trans life is musical talent, here fully showcased in ‘See Her’.

1. Williamsburg Bridge
2. See Her
3. Big Time Texter
4. Alright
5. The Feeling
6. Whales
7. Slow Down
8. Land Of The Free
9. Vienna
10. Save Myself
11. Like Being Free

On an album that invites reflection and understanding, and is a peek into the courage of transitioning and embracing one’s true self, they open their new recording on the impassioned Williamsburg Bridge and the emotive storytelling within the titular See Her and then comes the robust mid-tempo rock of Big Time Texter, the all-embracing Alright and the Americana-hued The Feeling.

Along next is the gritty Whales and the flourishing beauty of Slow Down and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the guitar-fed, bluesy rocker Land Of The Free, the preaching Vienna, the set rounding out on the affecting Save Myself, coming to a close on the moving, low slung balladry of Like Being Free.

Delving deeper into the meaningful personal experience that propels ‘See Her’, Light Bird explains: “From the uncertain years leading up to my transition, the realization and fallout of coming out as a trans woman, and navigating the world as a baby queer, I suddenly found myself with a voice and perspective that was always missing. It felt vital that I represent that perspective and share it, especially at a time when the trans community is being villainized and attacked daily.”

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