Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here Sort of (CD)

2014 eleventh studio album from the Chicago singer/songwriter; the follow-up to 'Break It Yourself' from 2012. a stripped down album of all Handsome Family covers Bird recorded the album quickly in his home studio using one microphone plugged directly into a tape machine ala Paul McCartney's first post Beatles album. Songwriter Tift Merritt guests on guitar & vocals.