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Like a Bird

by Spencer Hoffman

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There is a poem by Percey Bysshe Shelley called 'To a Skylark' I was inspired by," Hoffman explains. "In the poem he pines to be able to sing with such natural joy as a Skylark, which flies so high it is heard but not seen. I was listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell and my friend Joules (Sea of Bees) and thinking that they get close to singing in that effortlessly untethered way. Singing is a joyful act but also one of mourning and sometimes desperation. I wonder if it is the same for birds.

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You sing like a bird
I sat beneath the oak tree and heard Birds sing
So desperately
God’s like a skylark
You can hear him sing but never ever see him God’s like a skylark
You’ll never see him wingin’ it
Last night you were cruel
I was cruel
Then we fell off our stool
You sing like a bird
I sat beneath the oak tree and heard Birds sing
But I could not see

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released December 17, 2021
Spencer Hoffman - guitars, drums
Tyler Wolter - bass
Produced & Mixed by Spencer Hoffman
Engineered by Louis Cohen at Portia Street Studios with additional recording done at home

Cover photography by Jesika Gatdula
Design and layout by Spencer Hoffman

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