As the second album under the Bird People name, Uli Rois releases an album of lo-fi outlaw country, ripe with tales of hard living, hard drinking and heartbreak.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (46:30) !
Related styles: Country: Outlaw Country, Folk: Psych-folk, Type: Lo-Fi

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"Horse Thief In a One-Horse Townâ is the second album by the Vienna-based indie band Bird People.
All songs on the album were written in a two-week spurt of creativity at the end of September 2011 and recorded immediately afterwards. Uli Rois, the singer-songwriter behind the Bird People moniker, played all instruments on the album, as well as handling production and mixing duties. Uli wanted to get the songs out as soon as possible and recording all by himself was the best way to achieve that goal. The DIY, home-recording approach and the frantic work-ethos resulted in a very raw and immediate, lo-fi sound, which suits the nature of the songs and the content of the lyrics rather well.
Uli likes to think of this as his âoutlaw country albumâ. Stalwarts of this genre, like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson are an obvious touchstone for his songwriting on this album. Many songs on âHorse Thiefâ employ classic country imagery with their tales of heartbreak, hard living and being on the run. Uliâs fascination with the American Southwest continues to leave a mark on his songwriting too. The first person is used throughout the album and we can imagine this lyrical persona as a psychedelicized gunslinger/snake-oil-vender/evangelist preacher who wanders the plains, deserts and mountain ranges of a quasi-mythological America in search of something that canât be easily defined, trying to find an escape-route out of a seemingly hopeless situation. The futility of it all (see also the album title) is not lost on the protagonist himself and makes for a lot of black humor in the lyrics.
But the songs donât stick to outlaw country themes slavishly. With lyrical nods to independent actor/director Steve Buscemi, music videos by Sonic Youth and with songs inspired by ancient Persian love poetry and the âSong of Songsâ, the albumâs lyrics offer a wide spectrum of themes and images.