The new record from Bird Courage is a creative homecoming of sorts. After releasing ‘A Promising Flee’ in 2012, Sam and Erik have gotten back together with creative partner Sean McMahon to record the emotionally charged folk statement ‘music store ‘Māia Manu’. An album that kicks you in the stomach, even as it makes you comfortable with winter’s hibernation. Just check out their moving song ‘Constellation’ (streaming), or listen to ‘Mayshower’s gentle strums and lilting textures, and you’ll start warming up to the idea of staying indoors when it’s too cold outside. But only after you see them at the Masquerade showcase at Professor Pete’s Acoustic Lodge on Friday night (12.13). – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets), photo by ahsleykbarnes.com
