We Found a Lovebird excels at trance-like chiming rock. Since 2009, they’ve released three albums, one EP and eight singles with highlights including a Polaris Music Prize nomination and radio support from CBC and KEXP. Since 2020, they’ve released seven singles from their upcoming long player With Friends Like These.
Latest track, “100%,” evokes a bouncy, positive vibe with nods to 80’s rock groups like The Smiths and Prefab Sprout. “100%” came about from a finger picked melody by guitarist Kerry MacPherson, which frontman Larry Lechnerrealized filled out an old unfinished song he had.
I’ve written hundreds of songs and I’m so close to all of them that it’s hard to stand back and generalize. What does seem to recur is references to other artists, the moral conundrums of everyday life and the ever present possibility of love. For instance, in this song (“100%”) the ‘poet’ I’m referring to is Leonard Cohen, who basically embodies all those things. I imagined Leonard Cohen waiting tables cuz he was so broke but he was still writing his ‘dark fables.’ – Larry Lechner
Despite their western roots, We Found a Lovebird often have Halifax tastemaker David Boyle reaching for New York comparisons, evoking Television on 2019’s Deluxe Hotel and a more tuneful Richard Hell & the Voidoids here, or perhaps the likes of Lloyd Cole, post-Commotions when he, too, was a New York resident.
What it all adds up to is the enduring magic of a rock & roll four-piece with elegant guitar interplay, topped off with evocative lyrics.
