Birdy is back, surprising with a mature, forward-looking sound. The 26-year-old takes a liberating leap into the unknown; her timeless songwriting style is lifted by exuberant new energy and inventive, offbeat production. The record draws inspiration from artists both present and past. A mix of the otherworldly pop artistry of Caroline Polachek, Christine and the Queens and Angel Olsen, with the haunting gothic edge of Kate Bush, the melodrama of Prince, the elegant strangeness of Portishead's Beth Gibbons and the refined synths of The Blue Nile. This is the sound of a creator entering a new world and finding her true path along the way.