Jade Bird has announced the release of her second album, ‘Different Kinds of Light’. The work that follows her self-titled 2019 LP will be released on August 13th via Glassnote Records. Her key influences for her new body of work include Iggy Pop, Fleetwood Mac and ‘the melodicism of Blur and Oasis at their sweetest’, as Bird believes she finally managed to define herself as an artist. The title track was released yesterday, May 20th, and you can watch the official video below.

The English singer-songwriter talks about her new work, which includes already released songs such as ‘Houdini’ and ‘Open Up the Heavens’: ‘Different Kinds of Light’ is ‘at its most basic is about falling in love, and at its most complex [is about] the chaos of trying to get away from your past. I’ve written about fictional characters, about myself and people who don’t exist or at least only exist in my mind, memory and imagination.’

She also explained the genesis of the record: ‘This record started in Japan, a small getaway from a busy year. We took it to Mexico, to Nashville and to upstate New York adding pieces of songs along the way until it became the different phases of who I am, what my relationship is and what my relationship to other people has become. It’s been a big exploration through evenings and mornings spent under strange skies. With ‘Different Kinds of Light’ came different kinds of clarity in my life.’

After having worked with a team of professionals – such as Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile – she starts to identify herself as an artist: ‘I never felt like I could call myself an artist, whereas I know that’s my occupation now. That’s who I am, and that’s incredibly reassuring’ she said.