But it may enrich it a little bit! With the amibitious title of 'A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left', Andrew Bird immediately mis-directs his audience, who may be expecting wildly left-field indulgence or even Manic Street Preacher-like rhetoric. Instead, he delivers a lush, beautifully arranged pop song that wraps around its listener and offers instant satisfaction and rewards repeated listens.

 

Beginning with a soft, strumming Nick Drake-style melody, Bird could have stopped singing after 44 seconds and the track would be complete. What follows is a neat segue into jangling guitar, looping, plucking violin and dangerously-infectious whistling. Neat lyrical work rides a wave of strings until a shimmering crescendo. This is the soundtrack to a movie you haven't seen yet.

 

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