Jealous of the Birds AKA: Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton, has finally released her new album Hinterland, the full-length is available via Canvasback/Atlantic/Parlophone, and arrives with a music video for the track “Cynic’s Song.” Hamilton created the album with producer, engineer, and mixer Declan Legge.

Hamilton spent lockdown working on an array of projects, including the publication of Heat of the Sun, a chapbook of forty poems and photography work. New music soon followed, inspired by the work of Walt Whitman. Jealous of the Birds recorded Hinterland at studios in Northern Ireland including Newry’s Big Space Studios and Analogue Catalogue Vintage Recording Studio. Hamilton was joined by longtime collaborator Declan Legge and JOTB core players including Peter Close (bass), Jamie Hewitt (drums), Ciaran Coyle (guitar) and Matt Evans (piano, synths), and cellist Laura McFadden.

“Hinterland’ is an old Germanic word dating back to the 19th Century that literally translates to ‘behind land,’” says Hamilton. “It conjures up images of remote tundras and desolate places beyond the boundaries of what is known and explored. The past two or three years of pandemic and unrest have occupied a very liminal space for me personally, but also for the industry I work in, and more significantly for our collective humanity and planet. We are grappling with unknowns and trying to attribute meaning and action as best we can.

“This record is one person weighing up the ways in which we’re isolated from one another, with the ways we are deeply connected in perilous times. How we hold the capacity not only to be repelled by the chaos of civilization towards the peace of a hinterland, but also to be drawn out of the remoteness of our mental landscapes toward a renewed sense of belonging.”

Jealous of the Birds will mark the arrival of Hinterland with a wide-ranging live schedule, beginning with a series of intimate performances across Ireland and the UK. North American dates will be announced soon. For updates and more.

Jealous Of The Birds
2023 Tour Dates

JUNE

6 – Cork, Ireland – Wavelength
7 – Limerick, Ireland – Kasbah
8 – Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh
13 – London, UK – The Social
15 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – Ulster Sports Club

JULY 15

15 – Dublin, Ireland – Iveagh Gardens
(Supporting Father John Misty)

Jealous Of The Birds
Tracklist

Beginner’s Luck
Borderwalker
Cynic’s Song
Morse Code
Out of Orbit
Inside/Outside
A Shárú
Quiet Blues
Not Today
Ursa Minor

Order Hinterland by Jealous of the Birds HERE