Album Review: Who Wants To Talk About Love by Jade Bird

She now returns four years on from her last album. After moving from Austin to LA and going through a painful breakup, the scars are clear to see on "Who Wants To Talk About Love" a moving and introspective LP that has a searing honesty to it. This album sees a return to more familiar surroundings for Jade, after experimenting with 2024's EP, Burn the Hard Drive, which included a surprise detour into the world of synths and a collaboration with Mura Masa.

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Jade Bird originally wrote the title song to her new album, Who Wants to Talk About Love?, almost a dozen years ago. She was addressing the chaotic emotions caused by her parents’ bitter divorce and the dissolution of both sets of grandparents’ marriages. The tune has more current resonance at this point in her life. She has stated that her new record addresses the breakup with her ex-fiancé and former bandmate Luke Prosse.

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Dripping in Americana, accompanied by the gravelly voice of a true country singer, LA-based British-born artist Jade Bird returns with her third album. 'Who Wants to Talk About Love?' lifts its title from Jade Bird's single 'Who Wants', which echoes the pain she’s witnessed in the romantic entanglements of family members, as she wonders if she will inherit the same heartache passed down through generations. Despite the promise of impending doom, 'Who Wants to Talk About Love?' is a free-flowing, acoustic dream – a true testament to Bird's dedication to her craft.

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It's been four years since Jade Bird's last album - 2021's 'Different Kinds of Light' - so it's to be expected that some things will be a little different, a few licks of paint here and there. While much of what has garnered the singer-songwriter a following is still present third time around, this is a record which most notably showcases the full extent of her vocal grit, alongside the flecks of folk, indie and Americana that make up her now-signature style. The vulnerability of her voice weighs heavy amid the swirling harmonies of 'Avalanche', while during 'Dreams' we find her at a low point.

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