When Brave Bird Saved

"WHEN BRAVE BIRD SAVED"
A short film by Fred and Nick, soundtracked by the first four tracks from Laura Marling's new album Once I Was An Eagle.

Marling is one of my absolute heroes: she is beautiful, the calm and the storm, and her gravelly voice goes from the softest whisper and to the harshest bellow in instants. I want to hold back everything I have to say about the music from her upcoming release until Once I Was An Eagle is out, but it's sounding exceptional so far.

I've always loved it when films are released alongside albums, ever since The Wall, endorsing each song as a concept, as stories and pictures as well as sound. This one is no exception, illustrating all of those themes of shadowy rooms and empty streets, sex and dark romance, that are found in the lyrics of Marling's music. And Laura herself has clearly grown so much in confidence and songwriting ability, from the accomplished but shy seventeen year old appearing in the charts in 2008.

When Brave Bird Saved is eerie, and oddly ethereal, bringing together music and art and also dance, in the most gorgeously creative ways. Laura Marling is lovely, playing the role of that narrator she so often sings as; terrifying, simultaneously a lost girl and a wicked queen.

You can watch the full version of When Brave Bird Saved here, and Once I Was An Eagle is due for release at the start of May.