Jade Bird – 'Different Kinds Of Light'

It’s time. There is a new album on the horizon in the house of Jade Bird. To celebrate its upcoming arrival on August 13th, she shares gorgeous title track ‘Different Kinds Of Light’.

There is a sense of clarity to ‘Different Kinds Of Light’. A clarity that is reflected in Jade’s crystalline vocals as they skip on feathery melody lines; a clarity that seeps through her gentle lyricism –“It’s a battle of will not a contest honey” – a clarity that represents the heart and soul of her upcoming sophomore album. As Jade explains: "’Different Kinds of Light’ at its most basic is about falling in love and at its most complex, the chaos of trying to get away from your past. It’s been a big exploration through evenings and mornings spent under strange skies. With Different Kinds of Light came different kinds of clarity in my life."

Debut album ‘Jade Bird’ already hinted at Jade’s refusal to be put in a box. There was no defining her genre then, and there certainly is no defining it now. Following previous singles ‘Open Up The Heavens’ and ‘Houdini’ and ‘Headstart’, ‘Different Kinds Of Light’ turns Jade’s sophomore album into something tangible filled with gripping textures and a deeply emotional core. 

Words by Laura Freyaldenhoven

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