The Bird and The Browns

This one’s for the Relient K fans.  Randomness would like to take a moment to give a virtual celebratory high five to its source of inspiration and our favorite Canadian, Matt Thiessen, for the release of his long awaited solo project, Wind Up Bird.  This may end up being an album review, although that was not my intention when sitting down to write a blog on this TV dinner night.  First, I just have to say how much I love the album artwork.  A superfluity of bright colors…and a bird.  A bird that looks a little annoyed with me, the bird watcher.  As I take in the beauty of this bird (that also has his eye on me), I easily get lost in the sleepy-hollow folky tunes of this record.  Yes, I have it on vinyl because sometimes I want to act like a hipster.  Continue reading “The Bird and The Browns”