Kick Off Your September With This New Birds of Bellwoods Tune

As summer comes to an end and school is right around the corner, Birds of Bellwoods has a new song that is sure to cheer you up! This upbeat folk anthem about chasing your dreams and achieving your goals is the perfect song to get you hyped for this school year.

If you’ve never heard of Birds of Bellwoods, their new hit single, “Easy” is a great place to start. Like many of the songs from their latest album, Victoria, “Easy” is very driven by the beat.

In “Easy”, their signature use of banjo and upright bass is paired with riffs played by the electric guitar and processed vocal and guitar effects. The song does a good job of maintaining the same energy throughout, but I could have used more of the acapella four-part harmony in the breakdown. One of my favourite things about watching Birds of Bellwoods live is the way they interact with each other on stage and are so in-sync and I would have liked to hear more of that in this track.

I particularly liked the lyrics in this song, which were sung by Stevie Joffe’s iconic and smooth voice. The chorus goes, “I’m still the same/I’m still nothing/I’m still nobody/This isn’t easy but that’s how it’s supposed to be/And looking up I see I’m closer than I’ve ever been/So go easy on me, yeah go easy on me.”

The lyrics are definitely very relatable for many young musicians who are trying to make it big, and they provide a spark of hope and optimism that can sometimes get lost when you’re struggling to make money as an artist.

I’m very much looking forward to seeing what Birds of Bellwoods will do next and whether we’ll hear a few more new songs in the near future!

Listen to “Easy” here: