Blackbird is the third full-length release from the New Zealand band and will see Fat Freddys Drop exceed half-a-million album sales worldwide, the result of playing over 800 shows in their career-to-date, clocking up 412 appearances in Europe, 27 Australian Tours and over 300 shows in their homeland.
Featuring nine tracks, Blackbird was written and recorded at Bays, the bands own studio, which was one of the last vinyl pressing plants in New Zealand and then an apostolic church. Fitchie says: What you hear on the album is the sound of Bays, the room itself, the vibe of the place and the performance we can get out of the band in there.[info sheet from distr.]