Here, though, she keeps things much simpler, allowing her emotions to stand out as the songs’ colour rather than layers of sound. The last time we heard from Birdy in album form, five years ago on ‘Beautiful Lies’, she was mining a much more theatrical, ornate sound. Later, as on ‘New Moon’, she moves into the acceptance stage, optimism starting to peek through again. “ So long are the nights now that I’m sleeping here alone,” she cries over sparse but stirring piano.
Others are embroiled in the sorrow that descends when your love is gone: ‘Nobody Knows Me Like You Do’ finds the musician wrestling with the newly empty space next to her. There are songs about sensing what’s looming on the horizon (“ Watching satellites lying in the grass/ I know our days are numbered,” Birdy sings on the shuffling ‘Voyager’). ‘Young Heart’ is a gorgeous album that perfectly captures the meandering journey that heartbreak takes you on. Armed with a newfound love of Joni Mitchell, she wanted to be in the place the Laurel Canyon sound came to life and it was there (and, later, in Nashville) that she was able to process her romantic separation and turn it into her best record to date. When English singer-songwriter Birdy (aka Jasmine van den Bogaerde) experienced that sting for the first time, she headed for the hills – the Hollywood Hills, to be exact. Any break-up is tough, but your first major heartbreak is always going to feel extreme.
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