Sparkbird

SO EXCITED to open for Fish in a Birdcage in the midwest next month! tickets on sale now

this is one of the best endorsements of my music I’ve ever seen

I’m equal parts unsurprised and delighted that @sparkbird.bsky.social is on Bluesky.

Go listen to their music on repeat forever. On loop. Maybe not on Spiral though or you could end up going through the wrong door and develop a laugh like a toothache.

this isn’t necessarily a metaphor for anything bigger, I was just thinking about it

when I was a kid I had a debilitating fear of spiders, and I’d get my dad to kill them. but eventually I realized that that wasn’t in line with my values and only made me more scared. now there’s still some fear, but my commitment to protecting life is stronger than my fear

happy nonbinary people’s day, I’m nonbinary and a person and I make whimsical, lyric-driven, bird-forward music with queer aesthetic sensibilities that you and your characters might like

the hotel wifi asked me for my last name and I wrote Hilton 😭

omg four days till I go to Mexico for whimsycore songwriting camp

WHOA this is amazing!! I love it

hhhhhmybackhurts, curse my shrimp posture-

but anyway, here's this thing i did with zajic based on rabbitology (i don't know if they're on bsky-) and @sparkbird.bsky.social (i apologize if you don't like to be tagged -w-) 'preybirds, the watched vers'

#art #oc #ocart

me as a banana: yes, and?

I thought the hand ones were mosquito bites at first and then they spread and multiplied in a specific familiar way and I was like ahhh I see

if you’ve come to the merch table and thought “wow what’s wrong with sparkbird’s left hand,” it’s just stress hives, thank you for understanding! (the tour has been absolutely wonderful, this started the week before… I have a doctor appointment for when I get back)

We The People NYC We the People NYC is an abolitionist collective of neighbors supporting neighbors - committed to fostering a safe, equitable, and loving culture, in Bed Stuy that will serve as a catalyst for mutual a...

idk what to do so I made this post and donated to We the People NYC because they feed people in my neighborhood. look up mutual aid organizations in your area that support undocumented people and donate or (even better??) find out how to get more involved www.wethepeople.nyc#support-us

anyway fuck ICE and fuck deportations and fuck the politics of respectability that say BIPOC folks living in terror should protest politely

it’s a time-honored american pastime: criminalizing migration and militarizing a land that was never meant to be carved up like this

ICE’s violent actions (raids, detentions, family separations, and other innumerable crimes) predate the current administration and continue regardless of which party is in power

when I was in Texas on tour, I went birding at a natural area that sits right at the US-Mexico border. my understanding is that this border wall has been there since the Bush era, though it may have been upgraded. seeing birds fly back and forth over it underscored how artificial the line is.

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OMG please take this trophy for this peak comment 🏆

thank you soundcloud! this is very surprising! I have to admit I’m skeptical that I’m going viral or defining what’s next in music BUT I’ll take it

parrots are so fucking weird sometimes. georgie just tried to murder me for putting postage stamps on envelopes

okay, don't get TOO excited, but I have a booking agent now and it's the same booking agent as Will Wood and Shayfer James and Fish in a Birdcage

I know I need to save bts videos for when the collab actually comes out but there are so many funny ones I’m dying to shaaare 😭 (to be clear, the collab is with fish in a birdcage and shayfer james, not bts)

Sparkbird - Wooden Choose your preferred music service

oh and you can listen here: sparkbird.ffm.to/wooden

I consider your using my songs for your own purposes the greatest compliment and the greatest gift. I have no expectations, but I’ll be interested to see if it takes on any new life 💚 xoxo

This song is so personal, but I want you to know that you are free and encouraged to make your own meaning with it

The chorus (“always be you”) isn’t only my grandpa speaking to me—it’s me speaking to him. Not just as my grandpa but as a human being who struggled in his own particular ways, and who eventually needed caretaking

It’s interesting how you never know everything about the art you’ve created. This morning I listened to the song, and I finally realized how the parts fit together

I thought about the wood my grandpa turned into things like bird houses and bird feeders and a case for my souvenir spoon collection. I wondered what ghosts might be lurking in all those wooden things, and I wrote this impressionistic song