Bowerbirds is an American folk band formed in Raleigh, NC, United States, i… Read Full Bio ↴Bowerbirds is an American folk band formed in Raleigh, NC, United States, in 2006.

Comprising Philip Moore (vocals, guitar), Beth Tacular (accordion, vocals) and Mark Paulson (violin, vocals), their début album, Hymns for a Dark Horse (2007), was released on Burly Time Records, followed by their second album, Upper Air in July 2009 and album number three, The Clearing in March 2012.

Whereas the first two albums were recorded on the quick and the cheap, the songs sounding like "old, familiar campfire anthems sung by a couple clinging to very deep love". For the recording of The Clearing they had more time and better resources, making it a bigger sounding record, with bolder sounds, a broader scope, and more complicated songs. It was more than a third record for Bowerbirds. Between 2009 and 2012, Beth Tacular nearly died after a mysterious illness that put her in the hospital.

Beth and Phil even ended their long relationship but began it again after realizing that, despite their own shortcomings, they didn’t want to be with anyone else. Mostly, though, they returned to their cabin in the woods of North Carolina to nest—to make soup and walk dogs, to make art and write songs, to realize that this was their life and find contentment in it.

From 2012 to 2020, they did not release anything until the release of a string of digital singles in 2020 (they were compiled on Endless Chase: 20 Singles) and a long overdue new studio album, becalmyounglovers, in 2021.

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Bowerbirds Lyrics

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Beneath Your Tree I could bleed, bleed, bleed for days But my heart would…
Brave World I was a child of the grasslands With an oversized heart Th…
Bright Future Bright future, bright pink Bright light in my eyes, oh, thi…
Bur Oak The room calls to me, says were all strung out (And…
Chimes Oh, the chimes are sounding And they echo wildly off the…
Crooked Lust I was born a ghost An apparition Filled with holes and con…
Dark Horse On the shore of the lake In the great upstate of…
Death Wish Now I know you like I know myself I still don't…
Ghost Life At the margins of the land, I get to know…

Hooves Back to when I was born on a full moon, I…
House of Diamonds One morning you wake to find You are shackled to your…
Human Hands When I wake, I wake by the brook, To an untamed…
Hush I couldn't feel the earth move In its slow dance with…
In Our Talons And the warblers sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-de…
In the Yard Last night I dreamed we’d found a stand of trees…
Knives & Snakes & Mesquite Listen through the walls. The wave has got to break…
La Denigración Were comin out again, comin right out with our swords, With…
My Oldest Memory I cracked my knuckles, and I said grace And gave thanks…
Northern Lights I don't need from you a waterfall of careless praise And…
Now We Hurry On No, you're not alone The sun pours in slow The hinges cree…
Olive Hearts With my toes dangling into the sea, Into a fog, into…
Overcome with Light And how I know I'm happy now I jump right down The shoots…
Seven Wonders I've seen seven wonders but two were your eyes I've been…
Silver Clouds Put my dreams in my hand so I know I'm…
Slow Down My sweetheart and I will retire, Will retire to the tide…
Stitch the Hem All the while The sea oats bowed Against the dunes Your a…
Sweet Moment I'm the red bird You're the brown bird In the brambles Be…
Teeth Only through the teeth of life I see my ancient figure My…
The Marbled Godwit Great white puffs of lumbering buffalo Blanket the fishbowl…
The Ticonderoga Old ship, give me your hands. Im the cape that came…
This Day This day is no special day This day will see no…
This Year Just come down from a high fever, from out there in…
Tuck the Darkness In Well, the light was rust, and the cold was in…

Walk the Furrows Where’s that horse you rode in on? Where’s that fair-faced …

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