Dusty Down Under

Already triple platinum in NZ, Bic Runga’s third album – Birds – is now making waves across the Tasman. The Age: “Dark and majestic… [Birds] is without a doubt Runga’s best album – 11 eerie, atmospheric songs that sound somehow displaced, out of time, but classic.” Sydney Morning Herald: “Gentle and lush, it features delicate melodies augmented by lavish backing vocals and occasional flourishes of harp and French horn. Held together by the lightness and agility of Runga’s voice, the best songs evoke a smoky, retro cocktail bar – the sort of setting in which Runga made a cameo in the film Little Fish, as a ‘Vietnamese lounge singer.'” Australian Vogue: “With Birds, her quietly devastating third album, Runga keeps the lights way down low while radiating a deep soulfulness that could transform her into the Antipodean Dusty Springfield… it’s a contender for the first great album of 2006.”