Armchair Apocrypha is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's fourth studi… Read Full Bio ↴Armchair Apocrypha is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's fourth studio album and his third post-Bowl of Fire album. The album features more electric guitars, a change from the more acoustic-oriented Eggs, though the songs are similar in character if slightly more straightforward.
"Simple X" is a track started by collaborator Dosh, who supplied the drum track on the final version, with Bird adding lyrics. The track "Imitosis" is an expansion of the song "I" (also called "Capital I" live) on his 2003 album Weather Systems. The song "Darkmatter" is also a rehash of the song "Sweetbreads", which can be found on the live EP Fingerlings 1. Both bonus tracks also evolved from previous songs: "Sick of Elephants" was originally known as "Sycophantitis" and "Self-Torture" adds lyrics and incorporates the melody from the instrumental "The Water Jet Cilice" from Fingerlings 3. Haley Bonar who opened some shows on Andrew's tour sings background vocals on four songs.
The album debuted at number 76 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 11,000 copies in its first week.
"Simple X" is a track started by collaborator Dosh, who supplied the drum track on the final version, with Bird adding lyrics. The track "Imitosis" is an expansion of the song "I" (also called "Capital I" live) on his 2003 album Weather Systems. The song "Darkmatter" is also a rehash of the song "Sweetbreads", which can be found on the live EP Fingerlings 1. Both bonus tracks also evolved from previous songs: "Sick of Elephants" was originally known as "Sycophantitis" and "Self-Torture" adds lyrics and incorporates the melody from the instrumental "The Water Jet Cilice" from Fingerlings 3. Haley Bonar who opened some shows on Andrew's tour sings background vocals on four songs.
The album debuted at number 76 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 11,000 copies in its first week.
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Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird Lyrics
Armchairs I dreamed you were a cosmonaut Of the space between our…
Cataracts And when our mouths are filled with uninvited tongues of…
Dark Matter When I was just a little boy I threw away all…
Fiery Crash Two stars are missing me Jet waves are driving me Things in…
Heretics Born host to a tongue so sing a song about…
Imitosis His keeping busier as bitter storms His imaginations and his…
Plasticities This isn't your song, this isn't your music How can there…
Scythian Empires Five day forecast bring black tall rains and hellfire While …
Simple X Some people wake up on Monday mornings Barring maelstroms an…
Spare-Ohs The finches and sparrows build nests in my chimney What rema…