Released: 23/01/26
For its 15th anniversary, Jane Weaver’s The Fallen By Watch Bird returns as an expanded edition with The Watchbird Alluminate, featuring reinterpretations by Demdike Stare, The Focus Group, Emma Tricca, Anworth Kirk, and more. Originally released on Bird Records, the album blends psychedelic femme-folk-rock with influences from Eastern European children’s cinema, 70s TV music, and 80s electronic scores, weaving mystical imagery of sailors, telekinesis, and pagan rebirth across seven chapters with guest performances from Wendy Flower, Lisa Jen, Susan Christie, and Behar.
The Watchbird Alluminate adds drone-, folk-, and psych-leaning reinterpretations, including spoken-word storytelling and dreamlike reworkings reminiscent of Vashti Bunyan and Kate Bush. The reissue precedes a wider 2026 series exploring Weaver’s early catalog.