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Image taken from the Bells EP artwork.

In startling proof that even the best of us can miss out on fantastic acts, new writer Annabelle Moore comes to paint a picture of The Go Away Birds; half of which is made up of Catherine Ireton who's vocal work we've previously praised in it's God Help The Girl form.

Describing The Go Away Birds’ music is not an easy task, so get your imagination ready and I shall conjure an image of it for your pretty little heads. Picture the sweet tones of a 50’s female jazz singer with a bright spotlight beaming down on her pretty frame. Yet instead of being sat playing a grand piano, in her hand she is clasping an acoustic guitar with someone in the shadows behind her playing a violin. Along with the guitar’s soft chords, female/male harmonies are present, making sure this is not another folk band you’re likely to forget in an instant.

The Go Away Birds are a duo made up of Michael John McCarthy and Catherine Ireton. They met in a chance encounter in a Glasgow studio whilst Ireton was recording with God Help The Girl, a Belle & Sebastian side project, and McCarthy was preparing Zoey Van Goey’s Scottish summer tour. As McCarthy’s house was just around the corner from the studio, they spent much time penning tracks whilst sipping on hot sugary cups of tea. The sugary tea must have secretly contained omega 3 (the stuff your Mum is always forcing you to take to boost your brain power) as the duo created so many tracks, they had too many to fit on their album. Therefore, they decided to stick two fingers up to conventionalism and release an EP for each season, probably for the next 8 or so years.

The pair are currently on their second EP, Sunday, which contains cute acoustic tracks perfect for brightening up your cold winter nights as you sit in your favourite comfy chair in front of a crackling log fire, sipping a steaming mug of cocoa. Download it below in preparation for the cold breeze of winter.

[DOWNLOAD] Get the band's Sunday EP for free here.
[MYSPACE] Hear some tracks over at their myspace.
[WEB] Find earlier EP's to download on their official site.