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In the land of the landslides, flash floods and valleys of stars, Birds & Batteries have discovered their own California summer, with their latest album "I'll Never Sleep Again". Inspired by the sparkle of 70's studio rock (Neil Young, the Eagles, Steely Dan) and driven by the compositional freedom of electronic music (Daft Punk, Hot Chip), the new album further develops B&B's original components of analog and digital, pedal steel and synthesizers, country and city.
Rich production and intricate arrangements aside, "I'll Never Sleep Again" also tells a story. Using a reinvention of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" as a jumping off point, "I'll Never Sleep Again" takes us on a journey into the heart of darkness itself, into jungles, across oceans, through sunken country-sides and flooded houses in search of love and self-realization in an era of natural disasters.
Recorded by Ian and Jay Pellicci (Deerhoof, Erase Errata)...