Kevin Bronson on November 5th, 2014

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“I was a bird in a cage,” Kathryn Barr confesses in her first single under the moniker Spelles, “… and now I sing from such great heights.” And in a most intoxicating manner. “Bird in Cage” is the first single from Spelles, having gained some traction when the song was used in “Pretty Little Liars.” Barr, a Canadian and a Berklee graduate now based in L.A., worked with producer Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Dashboard Confessional, et al) on a batch of songs that will be released in the new year. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Portishead, Feist and the Microphones, Spelles exhibits plenty of Flo on the strikingly percussive single. It will be intriguing to see what other spells she can cast.

||| Stream: “Bird in a Cage”