WALLIS BIRD – ARCHITECT BOLAG: BIRD RECORDS / KARAKTER WORLDWIDE RELEASEDATUM: 11 APRIL Wild and unpredictable, Wallis Bird cannot – and should not – be pigeonholed easily. Capable of the delicate, gossamer-thin ballads that her tiny 5ft2 frame would suggest, she can also summon up a whirlwind of passion and rage in the blink of an eye. Her performances can transition seamlessly from the defiant anthems that can motivate thousands of festival-goers into a rousing sing-a-long, to the most hushed and fragile ballads that can captivate an audience into a spellbound silence. A two-time Irish Meteor Award winner (equivalent to Brit Awards), mostly recently for Best Female Artist, and a nominee in 2013 for Ireland’s prestigious Choice Music Prize (equivalent to Mercury Price), Bird has toured with Billy Bragg, The Gossip, Emiliana Torrini, ZAZ, The Feeling and Rodrigo y Gabriela among others, as well as playing sold-out headline shows and some of the biggest festivals around Europe. Her performance at Paris’ Rock en Seine Festival was so powerful that one of France’s biggest newspapers, Le Monde, singled her out alongside the Arcade Fire as the highlight of the festival. Wherever Wallis can be found, she stands out as a powerful, contradictory presence – one that can unite audiences anywhere she plays. Over the last 7 years Wallis played over 600 shows. An exceptional guitarist, her unique playing style only adds to the intrigue of her performances. Following a childhood accident which permanently damaged her left hand, Bird learned to play her instrument flipped back to front, thus having to create her own bafflingly complex chord fingerings, much to the bewilderment of any musicians in the audience. Her fourth album, ‘Architect’, will be released on April 11th 2014 and will reveal both old and new musical influences, including the electro-sounds and beats of Berlin – the vibrant, pulsating city she moved to last year from London. “The sheer visceral energy of Wallis Bird could kick-start an entire economy” The Irish Times "Frank and endearingly tender, a tsunami of emotion....magnificent" **** MOJO "Bird's songs are both delicate and rabble-rousing, similar to Tori Amos' or even Peter Gabriel's eclecticism" THE INDEPENDENT ""Incredible...that's Wallis Bird: pop star, balladeer, world music poet. Pigeonhole at your peril ****" THE ARTS DESK "It's her humour and bold honesty that makes Bird so special ****” THE GUARDIAN http://www.facebook.com/wallisbird www.wallisbird.com PRESSKONTAKT: EHPR [email protected] / 0738-000646 / www.ehpr.se .