Alt-Pop Duo EIGHT THOUSAND BIRDS Release New Single BLUE HOUSE
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Today, global collaboration EIGHT THOUSAND BIRDS release their new single ‘Blue House’ into the world. The hauntingly beautiful track is available now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here.
Founded amid the COVID-19 pandemic, EIGHT THOUSAND BIRDS is an alt-pop duo that has never met IRL. Formed in 2021, when Vancouver-based musician Alejandro Zarazua met Johannesburg-based vocalist Hayley Chewins on an online music forum, the two were soon collaborating and creating music virtually.
The result, their debut EP Turn Again and Come Back, is now set for release on February 14th. ‘Blue House’ is the first single to be released from the EP with the track showcasing what EIGHT THOUSAND BIRDS does best, blending personal lyrics and lush eerie melodies.
“I’m a novelist, and this song started out as a story idea,” says HayIey. “I wanted to write about a woman who was trying to drive away from a house and couldn’t; no matter how far she drove, she always ended up back in the driveway. When I realized it was a song, it poured out of me in one go. It’s about our relationship with the past and how sometimes something happens to you that you just can’t close the door on.”
Since EIGHT THOUSAND BIRDS is 100% a long distance music project, the duo admits that there are some challenges that come with creating music with a partner that is on a completely different continent. But despite the obstacles, they decided to forge ahead and create an EP together.
Hayley explains: “At the beginning of 2022, I asked Alejandro if he wanted to make an EP with me. I sent him voice notes of each of the songs–recorded on my phone–and we started from there. We work in drafts, going back and forth until a song feels right. In that sense, we work separately, but it also comes together in this really cool way. It feels like we’re performing a kind of long-distance magic spell.”
'Blue House' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit eight-thousand-birds.com.