Andrew Bird has followed his recent album, this year's Inside Problems, with a new single. "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" reinterprets the Emily Dickinson poem of the same name, and features Phoebe Bridgers joining Andrew on vocals. Hear it below.
"I came across this Emily Dickinson poem and found it to be the most vivid description of an inner world I’ve ever encountered," Andrew says. "It became an inspiration for the songs on Inside Problems. Who better to sing it with than Phoebe Bridgers? I sent her a demo and so, here we are. Thanks to Ms. Dickinson’s publisher at Harvard University Press for allowing us to use this poem. As I understand, her poems weren’t published as she intended them until the 1950s - that is, without the heavy hand of her male editors."