Alicia Merz makes blissfully introspective music as Birds Of Passage on her 2nd solo album. ‘Winter Lady’ sees her return to a desolate, melancholic headspace reminiscent of her first album ‘Without The World’, creating a delicate, minimalist world of whispered vocals, expansive drones and fairytale atmospheres with a darker pop heart akin to Zola Jesus or Grouper, or to an extent, an arctic Sade. Nils Frahm is at hand for mastering, but all music and lyrics are comfortably handled by Merz.
“Birds of Passage” is an authentic solo project of Alicia Merz, formed in 2010, New Zealand. She has collaborated with such artists like Leonardo Rosado, Aidan Baker, Jeff Stonehouse, Gareth Munday (Roof Light) and by consistently working with the respectable Denovali Recordings, Alicia has rapidly emerged into intellectual audience.
