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about

Bird of Paradise balances a bittersweet love song within a playful arrangement of folky guitar, delicate synth and percussion, vocals and clarinet, interwoven with charming imagery of finding a familiar flower in a foreign country and lovers in spring.

Bird of Paradise has a Cole Porter tribute embedded in the lyrics “What is this thing called spring?”. With a gentle nod to the famous jazz standard, What is This Thing Called Love, Bird of Paradise calls on the synchronous nature of heedlessly falling in love with the coming of spring.
The single preempts Asthmatic Harp’s second EP, Things We Learned To Live With, that is planned for release in Autumn 2020. The EP is a collection of intricately arranged contemporary folk ballads, sharing musical language with artists such as Jesca Hoop, This Is The Kit and Laura Marling.

lyrics

Lyrics: Bird of Paradise

Let’s walk through the greenhouse
travel through time and see a Bird of Paradise
You’re telling me it’s in your parent’s backyard

Brightly coloured birds in flight
Bluish green eyes

What is this thing called spring?
You are asking me
What are the odds hypothetically?

I am measuring seconds
moments of pure light
Are you eager to read the lyrics I’m writing?

Brightly coloured birds in flight
Bluish green eyes

There is the heat of love
The pulsing rush
Magic to make the sanest man go nuts
I’ll be the one to warn you…

When this day comes will we stand up?
When our house burns will we stand up?
When the firemen come will we stand up?
When our heartbeats turn will we stand up?

credits

from Things We Learned to Live With, track released March 18, 2020
Music/Songwriting: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones
Synth, Bv's: Ruth Shave
Clarinet, Bv's: Heather Ryall
Percussion: Kendall Perry
Guitar, Lead vocal: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones
Piano: Julia Koelmans

Mix/Master: Green Door Studio, Glasgow

Thank you to Help Musicians UK for supporting this single through the 'Do It Differently Fund'.

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Asthmatic Harp Oxford, UK

“A delightfully playful slice of alt-folk pitched somewhere between Regina Spektor’s characterful delivery and Laura Marling’s near-perfect tones.”
Asthmatic Harp is the musical moniker of Oxford based songwriter and composer Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones.

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