Their first full length album, Hymns for a Dark Horse, was released in Spring 2007 on Burly Time Records. Their fluent, characteristic style, marked by wonderfully skilled songcraft and bucolic imagery, has since earned them plenty of enthusiastic reviews.
In early 2008, Bowerbirds signed to Dead Oceans, who soon reissued Hymns for a Dark Horse.
Their latest album, Upper Air, was released July 7, 2009 on Dead Oceans.
From Wikipedia:Bowerbirds are an American folk band, formed in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2006. The group comprises Phil Moore (vocals, guitar, hi-hat/tambourine), Beth Tacular (accordion, bass drum, vocals), and Mark Paulson (drums, violin). Allmusic writer Stewart Mason places their sound on "the dividing line between the freak folk contingent led by Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom and the more straightforward sunshine pop of Lavender Diamond." Their debut album, Hymns For a Dark Horse (Burly Time Records, 2007), received favorable reviews. Bowerbirds have toured in support of The Mountain Goats, with John Darnielle referring to the band as his "new favorite band in forever". Their second album, Upper Air, was released July 7, 2009.