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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bird and the Bee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Announce Fourth Album
<i>Recreational Love </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Premiere Music Video for “Will You Dance?” via
<i>Funny or Die<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Los Angeles + New York Live Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Los Angeles-based duo
<b>T<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">he Bird and the Bee</span></strong></b> are releasing their fourth album
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Recreational Love</span></b></em> on Friday,<b> July 17<sup>th</sup></b>. The band premiered their video for “<b>Will You Dance?</b>” via Funny or Die -
</span><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/82feb1a79f/the-bird-and-the-bee-will-you-dance-with-simon-helberg-and-patton-oswalt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
to watch the music video which features comedian Patton Oswalt and <i>The Big Bang Theory</i>’s Simon Helberg.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The band, who are performing two sold out shows at
<b>Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever</b> in May, have added an additional show at the
</span><a href="http://axs.com/events/277959/the-bird-and-the-bee-tickets"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Theatre at Ace Hotel</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> in
<b>Los Angeles</b> on <b>July 12<sup>th</sup></b>. They will also host a special album release show in
<b>New York City</b> on<b> July 17<sup>th</sup></b> at </span><a href="http://bit.ly/TBTBNYC"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Webster Hall</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">. Tickets go on sale on
<b>May 8<sup>th</sup></b>. All tour dates below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Recreational Love</span></b></em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> came to life over a half-decade of songwriting and recording.
“We didn’t mean to take so long but life ended up getting in the way, in a great way,” says vocalist <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Inara George</span></strong>, who formed the duo with multi-instrumentalist<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Greg
Kurstin</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2005. In the midst of pursuing other projects — George also sings in the indie-folk supergroup the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Living
Sisters</span></strong>, Kurstin’s a Grammy Award-nominated producer who’s recently worked with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sia</span></strong>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lykke
Li</span></strong>, and<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Charli XCX</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>— the two met most Friday mornings at Kurstin’s studio
to dream up their latest batch of finely textured retro-pop. With a hint of R&B adding some warm grooves this time around, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Recreational Love </span></em>captures the easy intimacy of their collaboration and
lets listeners slip into the band’s own charmed and secret world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Though it’s The Bird and the Bee’s first album of original material since <em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ray Guns Are Not Just the
Future</span></b></em><b> </b>(a 2009 release that the A.V. Club praised for its “exploration of carefree, happy-making music”), <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Recreational Love </span></em>perhaps more closely follows their 2010 album <em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Interpreting
the Masters</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, <b>
Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates</b></span></em>. At turns sophisticated and sweetly off-kilter, dreamlike and dance-ready, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">the forthcoming album</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></em>strips
away the densely layered sound of The Bird and the Bee’s earlier efforts to let their silky-smooth melodies shine through.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tour Dates</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
May 11 Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (SOLD OUT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">May 12 Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (SOLD OUT)<br>
July 12 Los Angeles, CA @ </span><a href="http://axs.com/events/277959/the-bird-and-the-bee-tickets"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Theatre at Ace Hotel</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
July 17 New York, NY @ </span><a href="http://bit.ly/TBTBNYC"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Webster Hall</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Praise for
<b>The Bird and the Bee</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Building crisp pop imbibements that can stand up to several listens is no easy task, but the bird and the bee has found the trick.” -
<b><i>Los Angeles Times<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The bird and the bee remain one of the most buzz-worthy acts around… truly irresistible, On the follow-up to their delightful, self-titled debut, the bird and the bee increase the funk quotient
a bit, but otherwise stick to their musical blueprint, a psychedelic-sounding mixture of pop and jazz that has become their trademark. And for that, we are thankful. George's demure, syrupy-sweet vocals sound more playful than ever against an even more eclectic
musical backdrop by Kurstin.” - <b><i>Associated Press</i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Ms. George inhabits a world of immaculate vintage styling and cunning calculation… the group’s arsenal reflects a fondness for late-1960s psychedelic pop and Brazilian Tropicalia. Mr. Kurstin accesses those allusions with a wink,
mixing in shimmering electronics, atmospheric noise and layer upon layer of Ms. George’s breathy vocals.” -
<b><i>The New York Times<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">“There is something undeniably charming about the bird and the bee…” -
<b><i>The Boston Globe<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">“[the bird and the bee] ticktocks through space and time (tropicalia, cabaret, hand-clapping Harajuka-girl beats) with an urgency… Cheeky modernity hides beneath every glistening throwback.” -
<b><i>Entertainment Weekly<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Inara George maintains her ethereality and innocence, even as Greg Kurstin percolates and collages influences for a disorienting amalgam that is pure, lo-fi deliciousness.” -
<b><i>American Songwriter<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.thebirdandthebee.com"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.thebirdandthebee.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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