Recorded in Los Angeles and London, "Fire Within’s" 11 tracks include her stirring, propulsive single, "Wings," the tender piano ballad "No Angel" and "Light Me Up," the song that, more than any other, emphasizes the dramatic developments in Birdy’s musicianship and writing over the past 18 months. Birdy’s album "Fire Within" could be described as her second debut, because it sees her stepping into, and shining in, a new role as songwriter-in-chief. A voice that plugged the listener straight into the emotional mains, and an innate understanding of texture, nuance and restraint, helped Birdy burrow deep beneath the skin of songs such as The xx’s "Shelter," Bon Iver’s "Skinny Love" and The Postal Service’s "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight." Topping the charts in eight countries, the album won rave reviews, many of which were dominated by one question: what next?Įighteen months on from that debut, the 17-year-old Hampshire singer and songwriter is providing us with the answer. The cover versions that, along with one original composition, made up Birdy’s self-titled, 1.5 million-selling debut album were an extraordinary introduction to an artist who – despite her tender years and the fact that she was interpreting other writers’ songs – managed to stamp her instantly recognizable identity on all of them.
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