Towa Bird's 'American Hero' Review
is the rock & roll firecracker we need right now. She’s the kind of upstart guitar shredder who comes along saying things like “I just want to be the lesbian Paul McCartney.” That takes attitude, kind of like calling your debut album. But Bird doesn’t lack for confidence. All though her rise to the top, she’s been a true believer—she really wants to be your new favorite queer Asian female glam-rock star.
The 25-year-old singer-songwriter was born in Hong Kong to Filipino and English parents, and spent most of her childhood between Thailand and London, obsessing over her dad’s classic-rock album collection, inspired by legends like the Kinks, Joan Jett, and Prince. She’s been playing guitar ever since she was 12, anywhere she could scrounge up a crowd, which has never been a problem for her.
Towa Bird made her name during the pandemic, doing viral guitar covers on TikTok, as she ripped her solos over her favorite pop and rock tunes, from Childish Gambino to Supertramp. She won many fans that way—including Olivia Rodrigo, who brought her on board for her 2021 doc, where Bird plays guitar on “Brutal.” Since then it’s been one coup after another.
As you’d expect from song titles like “Drain Me!,” she’s got a Nineties rock jones, especially the sound of Britpop guitar bands like Elastica, Blur, and Supergrass, as well as MTV Buzz Bin bangers like Veruca Salt and The Breeders. You can also hear 2000s NYC rockers like the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs—like so many artists of her generation, Bird got her mind blown by discovering punk goddess Karen O, calling it “the first time I saw an Asian woman being so unabashedly herself.
“This Isn’t Me” is the pick-to-click here.
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