
Bluebird is the new single from Dave Monks, the frontman of Tokyo Police Club. Recorded and produced off the cuff by Rob Schnapf [Elliott Smith, Beck, Kevin Devine], Bluebird is the first new music from Monks since his 2015 EP ‘All Signs Point To Yes’. Take a listen to Bluebird via Soundcloud below.
The song represents a significant departure from the upbeat indie rock songs of his previous release. Monks’ new solo effort follows on the heels of ‘TPC’ (2018), the fourth album by Tokyo Police Club.
On the song, Monks says, “My two most-listened-to CDs in high school were Is This It and Kid A. Bluebird feels like it lands right in the middle of those influences, it’s personal and bluesy but also disguised and ambient. I almost overlooked it because it’s such a simple little song, but I recorded it on a whim Rob’s studio one night after we were done something else. It was just one take, playing a keyboard and singing. I think you can feel in the song that I’m playing without a metronome or anything. Just floating around between the chord changes. Hope you can float with it too.”
Bluebird is available now. You can listen/buy here.