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Wallis Bird Releases New Song BRUTAL HONESTY

By: Aug. 09, 2019
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Today, Wallis Bird released "Brutal Honesty," a new song from her forthcoming record Woman (AntiFragile).

"'Brutal Honesty' is a song about the urge to put one's emotional house in order, comparing loves through my life and critiquing myself from their perspective," Wallis says. The track premiered exclusively via East of 8th earlier this week.

Listen on your favorite streaming service here!

Wallis is not one to shy away from expressing her feelings, and she believes that actions speak louder than words. A lot has inspired her since her last album; "The world has changed a lot, and I've changed with it. The #MeToo movement, Repeal the 8th, marriage equality in Australia, Black Lives Matter, Trump, Brexit, the rise of racism, the death of countless musical icons, the environmental crisis."

Woman - written and almost exclusively performed by Bird, with regular associate Marcus Wüst as co-producer - represents Bird's transparent attempt to speak out against injustice and counteract apathy through bold, blunt confessionals. "Like most artists, I've probably shirked my responsibilities at times so as not to rock any boats," she reveals. "But I decided it was time to change that." Her goal now is to animate and agitate, and Woman - eleven songs long but 37 minutes short, pointed, powerful, and packed with truths and levity - does just that. More significantly, it insists our lives are intertwined with inescapable consequences.

US TOUR DATES

August 15th - Washington DC - The Birchmere

August 16th - Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Folk Festival

August 19th - New York, NY - Rockwood

August 20th - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim

August 22nd - Saratoga Springs, NY - Caffe Lena

August 23rd - Concord NH - Bank of New Hampshire Stage

August 24th - Northeast Kingdom, VT - Stansted House Concert Network

August 26th - Buffalo, NY - Ninth Ward

August 27th - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark

August 29th - Nashville, TN - City Winery

August 31st - Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Irish Fest



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