When three entirely different forms of creative forces converge, the result can be truly indescribable. Such is the case with "Hurricane (Birdie Swann Mix)", the new single from the Birdie Swann Sisters and King Black Acid, a project formed by chance and a shared love of sound. Birdie Moon, a French musician, and Daisy Rhae Swann, from Iceland, met Daniel Riddle of King Black Acid while collaborating on European film soundtracks. From a meeting of minds for screen compositions emerged something more personal, a shared refuge of analog flamboyancy, darkly haunting melodies, and experimental layering.
Rather than blocking out studio time in one city, the three spread out and embraced modern collaboration, trading sound files across countries, taking each other's ideas, and building a universe that relies on connection rather than proximity. "Hurricane (Birdie Swann Mix)" draws you into a dreamy yet tempestuous sound world, combining the Sisters' huge, ethereal presence with King Black Acid's trademark psychedelic sensibilities. The effect is genre-resistant, floating somewhere between dream pop, alternative rock, and alt-pop, where its delicate harmonies play against lo-fi guitar lines and rare synthesizers that pulse like secret machinery in the background. Intimate and cinematic at once, it's a reminder that they began their careers working on film soundtracks.
"Dream School Dropout," as this project is fittingly titled, captures a moment of rare and magical energy when artists shed expectations and drive recklessly into thorny thickets of raw imagination. Behind the boards, the track shines with a world-class sheen, mixed by 10-time Grammy-winning producer/engineer Darrell Thorp. His touch keeps the song in a state of haze and dreaminess, yet the song never disperses or loses the quality of weight that comes from its emotions. "Hurricane (Birdie Swann Mix)" is delicate yet powerful, reflective and futuristic, earthbound but unafraid to soar. It's an all-access invitation into the shared dreamscape of three musicians with a rarefied intersection of tastes in rare instruments, analog warmth, and deep love for crafting something that feels timeless. For listeners ready by now for, and hungry for, music that doesn't play it calm and straightforward, music that has some actual atmosphere to it, look no further than Birdie Swann Sisters & King Black Acid's "Hurricane (Birdie Swann Mix)," a track that's like a storm to step inside.