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The man who once told us he loved us from the bottom of his pencil case, The Beautiful South’s Dave Hemingway is back and sounding better than ever. Together with erstwhile South colleague, guitarist/songwriter Phil Barton, new discovery singer/violinist Laura Wilcockson and top UK session & touring drummer Marc Parnell. Dave has created SUNBIRDS. Although born and bred in England the band’s sound predominantly features the instrumentation of traditional American roots music combined with the occasional burst of guitar heavy melody more associated with Seattle in the late 80s.

However, you can only sing about what you know.

“Although a lot of the songs have an Americana feel” says Dave, “they’re still about life in England. You’re going to feel a bit daft singing about pick-up trucks and low down honky-tonks when you live in Yorkshire.

Having previously served up seven songs on The South’s 2012 offering Sweet RefrainsDave and Phil decided that subsequent material would be better served free of the “golden millstone” that the previous name provided. Produced by cult producer Teo Miller (Pretenders, Placebo, Robert Plant) the band put together “COOL TO BE KIND”, an album that tells tales covering contemporary themes, as well as age-old matters of the heart and soul. All viewed through the bottom of a recently drained pint glass

“Now we’re Sunbirds we’re free to dig a little deeper into ourselves” says Phil, “while still also free to write about everything and anything else we want. As long as it’s something worth singing about. Music is a powerful vehicle and can challenge a person’s thinking. To just sing “I want to do this or that to you” seems a wasted opportunity to me”.

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