THINGS ARE REALLY GREAT HERE SORT OF 07/27/10 Lord Infamous

Lord Infamous

" in which he sees an off-kilter world reflected in his own crooked smile

Carl Stalling and John Zorn

Average White Band (horns)

and pop fans -- this is grits-and-gravy music

THINGS ARE REALLY GREAT HERE SORT OF 07/27/10 Lord InfamousContinuing with the easy tone set by 2012's Break It Yourself and its stripped down companion piece Hands of Glory, Andrew Bird retreats even further from the elegant pop orchestrations and looping of the decade prior, turning in his most ardently rural album to date. Things Are Great Here, Sort Of marks yet another era of Bird's prolific and ever evolving career. For one, it's an album of songs by long tenured Chicago duo the Handsome Family, making