“Jealous of the Birds has a knack for slicing up genres and making music that sounds homemade and tiny,
but also explosive and bombastic.”
– NPR
“Naomi Hamilton’s angelic vocals are like a dream you don’t want to wake up from.”
– The Line of Best Fit
“Hamilton sings with poise and self-assurance in a voice equally capable of whiskey-toned murmurs and full-throated melodicism. Either way, she has a magnetic presence that makes these songs mesmerizing.”
– Paste
Jealous of the Birds – the musical project of Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton – shares a new single called “Something Holy” along with an official companion video. The track is from upcoming awaited LP Peninsula, out September 18
th, 2020 via Canvasback/Atlantic. This is the second single following the first, “
Young Neanderthal.”
Naomi shares, “‘Something Holy’ was written on a trip I took to Lisbon, Portugal after a burnout. My perception of things had become pretty stale, so the song articulates grappling with one’s artistic practice and trying to see the innate sanctity of simple images in all their concreteness. The particularity of things and the sheer marvel that they even exist is very grounding to me. Being present and paying attention to all of that brought me back around.”
Jealous of the Birds’ eagerly awaited new album, PENINSULA, was produced by David Wrench (David Byrne, Jaime xx, FKA Twigs) and Marta Salogni (Björk, Anna Meredith, Georgia Ruth), the album follows the recently released single, “
Young Neanderthal,” available for streaming and download
HERE; the track arrived alongside an official lyric video, streaming now via Jealous of the Birds’ official YouTube channel
HERE.
Hailed by
NPR for her “remarkable gift for converting spare and common ingredients (voice, acoustic guitar, a bit of whistling) into a sound that’s dense, gently hypnotic and utterly her own,” Naomi Hamilton has recorded and toured as Jealous of the Birds since 2015, earning worldwide critical applause for her intimate lyricism and a dynamic musical approach. Born in Portadown in County Armagh but now based in Belfast, Hamilton first lifted the curtain on Jealous of the Birds’ intensely introspective songcraft with 2015’s CAPRICORN EP, followed the next year by her acclaimed full-length independent debut, PARMA VIOLETS. The album “shatters any preconceived notions,” raved
The Irish Times. “PARMA VIOLETS progresses from whimsical folk-pop to atmospheric indie post-punk of real substance…Hamilton rises to the occasion time and time again.” PARMA VIOLETS is “a thing of ridiculous talent and a mix of all manner of genres,” enthused
The Irish News. “Required listening.”
Jealous of the Birds followed PARMA VIOLETS with a pair of equally well-received EPs – 2018’s
THE MOTHS OF WHAT I WANT WILL EAT ME IN MY SLEEP and 2019’s
WISDOM TEETH, both available now via Canvasback/Atlantic at all DSPs and streaming services. The latter EP – highlighted by such singles as “
Marrow,” “
New York Has A Lump In Her Throat,” and “
Blue Eyes“ – earned high praise from the likes of
Earbuddy, which wrote, “The songs on WISDOM TEETH are full-throated and large…Perhaps as Jealous of the Birds plays to larger audiences, the songs are matching those demands. Hamilton’s lyricism, however, remains very much the same – these songs chronicle human connections and vivid sensory details.” “Yet another intriguing mix of sonically disparate elements from one of music’s most promising young musicians,” declared
Soundblab. “Pairing Hamilton’s subdued vocals with quirky, adventurous arrangements, the EP finds (Jealous of the Birds) taking yet another huge leap forward as an artist.” “Hamilton breezes through topics like love and city life with a skilled hand, capturing an array of conflicting emotions and experiences in every song,” wrote Australia’s
AMNplify. “WISDOM TEETH is the friend that tells you all will be well, no need to worry. This is the new soundtrack to your twenties.”
Last year also saw the release of the standalone single, “
The Grass Begins to Eat Itself,” available now for streaming and download following its exclusive premiere via New York City’s WFUV 90.7. In addition, NPR Music presented a spellbinding live performance of the song, filmed last September during a prestigious WFUV Marquee Members show at NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall and streaming
HERE.
Along with her musical output, Hamilton also hosts the
JEALOUS OF THE BOPS podcast, featuring in-depth discussions of classic LPs by artists spanning Fleet Foxes and Marvin Gaye to Miriam Makeba and Adam and the Ants.
