- 2026-01-14
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MUSIC
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deary Announces Debut Album “Birding”, Premieres New Song “Seabird” on BBC Radio 6
London-based dream-pop band deary, consisting of Ben Easton (guitar), Rebecca 'Dottie' Cockram (vocals) and Harry Catchpole (drums), has announced their upcoming debut album “Birding” will be released on April 3, 2026.
It is their first release under British record producer Simon Raymonde's label Bella Union.
From the album, the band premiered the first single called “Seabird” on BBC Radio 6 Music with Steve Lamacq.
The track was written by and produced by deary, with production by Iggy B.
The accompanying music video was directed by Limb.
The band guitarist Ben Easton said of the song, “With the whole bird theme, there was also a direct nod to religious iconography - the majesty of feeling insignificant in the wider world. 'Seabird' is like a fable, a story of this person pleading to a bird and asking, 'When does it get better?' We wanted to recreate that kind of majesty, feeling insignificant to the wider world. It is the perfect introduction to the rest of the record in that regard.”- The debut album comprises 11 tracks, produced by deary and Iggy B. It is the first project as the trio.
Ben Easton said of the album, “The album is all about human consequences. Consequences on each other, our own minds, on mental health, on nature. One idea that was quite tangible to us is the idea that humans have the biggest consequences on innocent, vulnerable, sentient beings, like birds, for example. It goes with the vulnerability of our inner selves, or the child in us, which pairs with the album art—a kid trying to fly. It's very ethereal, but it also has a lot of sad undertones to it as well. Our last EP was us trying to be deary and this album is us being deary.” -
The band lead singer Rebecca 'Dottie' Cockram continued, “I think with any artist, your first EPs are the first steps into what your sound is going to eventually become. With the album, we've grown up so much. Harry joined last year, and we're a little bit of a family now, and we really understand each other. I remember us being in the studio, we were looking through some demos for this record, and I turned to Ben, and said, 'I think we actually need to decide what we want deary to sound like and not follow these roadmaps. We need to think a bit more decisively about these songs and be really sure that we know where we want them to go.'”
Photo by Josh Hight - source : BBC Radio 6
