Experimental trio Exploring Birdsong follow up their 2019 debut EP ‘The Thing with Feathers’ with ‘Dancing in the Face of Danger’ – a collection of five tracks full of unique storytelling, stunning synth and piano work and live strings…

The opening ‘Pure’ has clattering drums that soon make way for a swirling mix of post and indie rock that brings to mind Agent Fresco or Caspian. There’s a prog tinge as they sing how ‘My demons are only with me’ amidst glorious harmonies; ‘The Way Down’ follows in a more aggressive vein with words of warning about how ‘Those grey clouds are rolling in fast’ before ‘Bear the Weight’ slows things back down again with a pure piano sound at the forefront that builds and builds into something goosebump inducing – which subsequently gets interrupted by a perfectly pitched breakdown.

‘Ever the Optimist’ will appeal to fans of Genesis, Tori Amos and Everything Everything with its melodic art rock hooks and warnings about how actions have consequences – ‘Kingdom’s full with the weight of it all’ – before ‘No Longer We Lie’ closes the EP in poignant, synth-heavy fashion.

With songs this powerful, Exploring Birdsong are about to take flight…