Bird Streets, the alter-ego and musical brainchild of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John Brodeur, emerged in 2018 – from the same NPR Slingshot class as Phoebe Bridgers and The Beths – with a fully realized self-titled album. The project’s charming brand of Americana tinged indie rock and power-pop was showcased even further via the release of recent stand-alone singles (“On The Promenade” and a cover of XTC’s “Dear God”), the Ghost Notes EP and 2022’s full length sophomore release Lagoon, which found Brodeur enlisting production by Pat Sansone (Wilco) and Michael Lockwood (Fiona Apple), plus guest appearances from Ed Harcourt, Aimee Mann, John Davis (Superdrag), and Jody Stephens (Big Star). The Escape Artist, out October 17, reteams Brodeur with producer Jason Falkner (Daniel Johnston) for a paranoid guitar-pop record that runs the gamut from claustrophobic folk to punk-rock freakout.