Andrew Bird’s new album, Noble Beast, is an interesting critter and it’s one of the highly anticipated albums of 2009 here at Tone Marrow. Thanks to those kind folks at NPR, you can now stream the entire album here:

Stream Andrew Bird: Noble Beast
Noble Beast will be released as a Deluxe Edition which features an extra disc of instrumental music called Useless Creatures. Andrew Bird’s own site has posted a stream of the extra disc in order to give you a taste of that Deluxe edition. To this listener’s ears, it might just be worth it. Hear Useless Creatures here:

Stream Andrew Bird: Useless Creatures
Also, Josh Hurst at The Hurst Review does some Bird-watching and offers a crash course through Andrew Bird’s discography. Check out The Hurst Review’s article here. It’s a great way to get you up to speed on Bird’s previous work and prepare you for the new album.