The Bird And The Bee - Self-Titled Debut Will Be Released On January 23, 2007

New York, NY. (Blue Note Records) - The buzz continues to grow about the bird and the bee, the infectious pop duo that PASTE magazine named one of their '4 To Watch' and The Los Angeles Times named one of "10 Bands on the Horizon for 2007." Their self-titled debut will be released by Metro Blue, an imprint of Blue Note Records, on January 23.

The band will be busy in the coming weeks with two showcase performances at the Sundance Film Festival Music Café on January 19 and 20, and they will also celebrate their album release with a hometown show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on January 23 and a performance on The Late Show With Jay Leno on January 25.

the bird and the bee are also currently the subject of Yahoo! Music's 'Who's Next' feature on bands on the rise. Their performance of 'Again & Again' and an interview can be viewed here.

Made up of vocalist Inara George, daughter of Little Feat frontman Lowell George, who has been aptly referred to as "a modern day Audrey Hepburn with the voice of an angel," and keyboardist/producer Greg Kurstin, who after studying jazz piano with Charles Mingus' pianist Jaki Byard returned to pop music, lending his talents to recording and touring with the likes of Beck, The Flaming Lips, Lily Allen, Peaches, and many more, the bird and the bee take elements of everything from the Beach Boys to 60's Brazil to electronica, spinning them into an irrepressible collection of ten sunshine-drenched, semi-psychedelic ditties.

Check out with the critics have been saying:
"the L.A.-based duo of songbird Inara George and production/multi-instrumentalist busy-bee Greg Kurstin really nail it with 'Again and Again', a dreamy midsummer acouspop ditty par excellence and a spry meditation on those crazy little things called relationships."
—Pitchfork
'the bird and the bee connects the musical dots between George's soft-spoken melodies and Kurstin's studio wizardry. It's a happy tug-of-war between the organic and the electronic, a mixture of clever Brill Building pop and modern, pre-programmed percussion.'
—CMJ New Music Monthly
'the bird and the bee put a playful spin on lush retro-pop.'
—The New York Times