"Flightless Bird" is the sophomore solo record from NY based guitarist/songwriter Scott Barkan. Recorded over three days between Brooklyn, NY and Charlottesville, VA in the Spring of 2013,"Flightless Bird" captures Barkan's adventurous guitar playing and literate songwriting in a lush, full band context, comprised of mostly first takes and using minimal overdubs. Though not deliberately conceived as a song cycle or concept album, the themes present in the title track - self doubt, feeling ill at ease with ones place in the world, and ultimate acceptance - run as an undercurrent throughout the record, filtered through a loose storyline of a relationship seemingly on its last legs. Incredible original artwork provided by Portland, OR based illustrator Benjamin Dewey does even more to tie these ideas together, in a wordless story depicted throughout the packaging and disc art, only available with physical copies of the record.creditsreleased 14 January 2014 Scott Barkan - Guitars, Vocals Nate Allen - Bass Ian Carroll - Drums Daniel Clarke - Organ, Piano All songs by Scott Barkan. Engineered by Ken Rich @ Grand Street Recording, Williamsburg, NY & Stewart Myers @ White Star Sound, Charlottesville, VA Mixed by Stewart Myers @ Wishlist Recording, Richmond, VA Mastered by Jamal Ruhe @ West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY Original artwork by Benjamin Dewey Produced by Scott Barkan