Jealous Of The Birds Returns With "Morse Code" From 'Hinterland'

JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS RETURNS WITH HINTERLAND   ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER HERALDS EAGERLY AWAITED NEW ALBUM WITH FIRST SINGLE, “MORSE CODE” – LISTEN   OFFICIAL ANIMATED VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY VIA YOUTUBE - WATCH   HINTERLAND ARRIVES VIA CANVASBACK/ATLANTIC ON FRIDAY, MAY 19   PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW   TOUR DATES START JUNE 6 INCLUDING AN OPENING SLOT FOR FATHER JOHN MISTY IN DUBLIN JULY 15

Download Hi-Res Images // Photo Credit: Steve Carson   Jealous of the Birds – the acclaimed musical moniker of Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton – has announced her eagerly awaited new album, Hinterland, due via Canvasback/Atlantic on Friday, May 19; pre-orders are available now HERE. Produced, engineered and mixed by Declan Legge, the album is heralded by today’s premiere of the first single, “Morse Code,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. An official animated video – directed by filmmaker Andrew William Ralph (Lil Uzi Vert, Iggy Pop) – premieres today at YouTube.   “We often find ourselves navigating what exactly our place is in the world,” says Naomi Hamilton, “especially in our twenties and thirties. Suddenly things get serious and there’s a simmering pressure to figure things out. ‘Morse Code’ taps into that and acts as a gentle encouragement that the only thing that really matters is the fact you’re alive, so try not to overthink it and just live as best you can.”   LISTEN TO “MORSE CODE” WATCH OFFICIAL ANIMATED VIDEO PRE-ORDER HINTERLAND   Jealous of the Birds will mark the arrival of Hinterland with a wide-ranging live schedule, beginning with a series of intimate performances across Ireland and the UK. North American dates will be announced soon. For updates and more, please visit https://www.jealousofthebirdsmusic.com/tour/   JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS TOUR 2023   JUNE 6 – Cork, Ireland – Wavelength 7 – Limerick, Ireland – Kasbah 8 – Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh 13 – London, UK – The Social 15 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – Ulster Sports Club   JULY 15 15 – Dublin, Ireland – Iveagh Gardens   # # #   Hailed by NPR for her “remarkable gift for converting spare and common ingredients (voice, acoustic guitar, a bit of whistling) into a sound that’s dense, gently hypnotic and utterly her own,” Naomi Hamilton has recorded and toured as Jealous of the Birds since 2015, earning worldwide critical applause for her intimate lyricism and a dynamic musical approach. Born in Portadown in County Armagh but now based in Belfast, Hamilton first lifted the curtain on Jealous of the Birds’ intensely introspective songcraft with 2015’s Capricorn EP, followed the next year by her acclaimed full-length independent debut, Parma Violets. The album “shatters any preconceived notions,” raved The Irish Times. “Parma Violets progresses from whimsical folk-pop to atmospheric indie post-punk of real substance…Hamilton rises to the occasion time and time again.”   2020’s Peninsula saw Hamilton expanding the scope of her sound and vision on songs like “Young Neanderthal,” “Something Holy,” and the anthemic, optimistic “Pendulum,” their themes enhanced by enveloping atmospherics and dynamic arrangements which veer from stripped-down acoustic minimalism to string-drenched pop and electrifying indie rock.   A true polymath – poet and painter, songwriter and musician – Hamilton spent lockdown working on an array of projects, including the publication of Heat of the Sun, a chapbook of forty poems and photographic work captured on a manual Canon 35mm camera. New music soon emerged, inspired in part by the untamed figure of Walt Whitman, American sensualist, vagabond and laureate of the wild spaces. Armed with potent, patient new songs like “Beginner’s Luck” and “Borderwalker,” Jealous of the Birds set to recording Hinterland at studios in Northern Ireland including Newry’s Big Space Studios and Analogue Catalogue Vintage Recording Studio. Hamilton was joined by longtime collaborator Declan Legge and JOTB core players including Peter Close (bass), Jamie Hewitt (drums), Ciaran Coyle (guitar) and Matt Evans (piano, synths), and cellist Laura McFadden, the latter of whom adds evocative melancholy to the album standout, “Quiet Blues.”   “Hinterland’ is an old Germanic word dating back to the 19th Century that literally translates to ‘behind land,’” says Hamilton. “It conjures up images of remote tundras and desolate places beyond the boundaries of what is known and explored. The past two or three years of pandemic and unrest have occupied a very liminal space for me personally, but also for the industry I work in, and more significantly for our collective humanity and planet. We are grappling with unknowns and trying to attribute meaning and action as best we can.   “This record is one person weighing up the ways in which we’re isolated from one another, with the ways we are deeply connected in perilous times. How we hold the capacity not only to be repelled by the chaos of civilization towards the peace of a hinterland, but also to be drawn out of the remoteness of our mental landscapes toward a renewed sense of belonging.”   # # #   PRAISE FOR JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS   “Jealous of the Birds has a knack for slicing up genres and making music that sounds homemade and tiny, but also explosive and bombastic.” – NPR   “Naomi Hamilton’s angelic vocals are like a dream you don’t want to wake up from.” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT   “Jealous of the Birds has staked a claim as one of the most talented musicians in the game today.”  – WOMEN IN POP   “Hamilton sings with poise and self-assurance in a voice equally capable of whiskey-toned murmurs and full-throated melodicism. Either way, she has a magnetic presence that makes these songs mesmerizing.” – PASTE     “Peninsula drifts from moody, contemplative moments to sharply written blasts of fuzz-drenched, dreamy alt-pop. Sometimes, the aesthetic recalls the alt-rock of the late '80s and early '90s, one that placed equal emphasis on atmosphere, melody, and words…The immediacy of the pop songs, both fuzzy and dreamy, is a progression for Hamilton and helps make Peninsula an absorbing introduction to her idiosyncratic work.” – ALLMUSIC.COM   # # #   JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS HINTERLAND (Canvasback/Atlantic) Release Date: Friday, May 19

Download Hi-Res Artwork   Tracklist: Beginner’s Luck Borderwalker Cynic’s Song Morse Code Out of Orbit Inside/Outside A Shárú Quiet Blues Not Today Ursa Minor   # # #     CONNECT WITH JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS OFFICIAL | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | YOUTUBE