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Admiral Fallow

First of the Birds

£27.99

Released: 31st October 2025. The early sketches of First Of The Birds - their fifth full-length record, a rich and brooding affair - appeared in quiet mornings and spaces, before the songs burst into life with long-time collaborator and producer Paul Savage in Chem19 Studios. Approaching their twentieth year as a band, and having recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of their much-loved debut album, Admiral Fallow have never made a record in the way they have here, and the resulting work finds a way of both defining and redefining the scope of the group in 2025 and beyond. Led by collective spirit and understanding, framing a time of significant change and upheaval, of the myriad ways those things shift the world around us, 'First of the Birds' feels something like a revelation. Admiral Fallow continue to evolve and transform, and in embracing such things, of folding their experiences into the fabric of the band, they've produced a record that is at once entirely personal while also feeling reassuringly universal. It thrives within those parameters; a burst of warm light on a new morning.

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  • Details

    Released:
    31st October 2025
    Category:
    Rock/Pop, Indie/Alternative
    Format:
    Vinyl 12" Album
    Barcode:
    5063176078513
  • Description

    The early sketches of First Of The Birds - their fifth full-length record, a rich and brooding affair - appeared in quiet mornings and spaces, before the songs burst into life with long-time collaborator and producer Paul Savage in Chem19 Studios. Approaching their twentieth year as a band, and having recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of their much-loved debut album, Admiral Fallow have never made a record in the way they have here, and the resulting work finds a way of both defining and redefining the scope of the group in 2025 and beyond. Led by collective spirit and understanding, framing a time of significant change and upheaval, of the myriad ways those things shift the world around us, 'First of the Birds' feels something like a revelation. Admiral Fallow continue to evolve and transform, and in embracing such things, of folding their experiences into the fabric of the band, they've produced a record that is at once entirely personal while also feeling reassuringly universal. It thrives within those parameters; a burst of warm light on a new morning.
    Extras:
    Yellow coloured vinyl with a digital download card included.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.First Names (Storms)
    Admiral Fallow
    2.Living for You
    Admiral Fallow
    3.The Shortest Night
    Admiral Fallow
    4.Avalanche
    Admiral Fallow
    5.(Interlude: The First of the Birds)
    Admiral Fallow
    6.Headstrong
    Admiral Fallow
    7.Dead in the Water
    Admiral Fallow
    8.Daydreaming (Why Any of This?)
    Admiral Fallow
    9.To Not Be Left Behind
    Admiral Fallow
    10.Overcoat
    Admiral Fallow
    11.All the Distractions
    Admiral Fallow
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