{"title":"The Bird is the Word","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"all-you-can-do-is-hum","title":"All You Can Do is Hum","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn 80 page paperback from The Bird Is The Word (a publishing arm of Heavenly Recordings) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoshua Idehen is a visionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeavenly Recordings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are proud to announce their first publication through their new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bird Is The Word \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimprint. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll You Can Do Is Hum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of lyrics from across the Joshua Idehen musical catalogue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJoshua’s hugely acclaimed debut album I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try was released on Heavenly earlier this year. Soon after that, it became a soundtrack to Britain’s bleached out summer. The record seemed to find the spirit of country as the sun refused to stop shining, becoming an incredible crutch for music lovers in 2026 as it took their hands and lead them through the good times and the bad with huge doses of both optimism and humour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll You Can Do Is Hum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is very much the world according to Joshua Idehen. The book collects together the lyrics for ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas well as pieces from ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMum Does The Washing’, ‘Learn To Swim, A Mixtape’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStretch to the Stars’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and presents them in a beautiful book with a foreword written by Yomi Sode. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYomi Ṣode is an award-winning Nigerian-British writer. His debut collection Manorism was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2023 and the T S Eliot Prize 2022. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition to those lyrics, some songs come with notes from both Joshua and his studio partner Ludvig Parment (aka Saturday, Monday) that talk through the process of writing and producing the songs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll You Can Do Is Hum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the small and perfectly formed companion piece to any Joshua Idehen record\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Finally, you get to know \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexactly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e how all those mums did the washing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoshua Idehen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the great writers and voices in modern music. The ultimate cosmopolitan citizen of the world, Joshua is a British-born Nigerian based in Sweden. Before signing to Heavenly and releasing ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Joshua lent words to records made by artists such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Comet Is Coming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBenin City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSons of Kemet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Joshua and Ludvig play a huge tour of the UK and EU this autumn, and have collaborated with Apples \u0026amp; Snakes to bring poets along to support. Apples and Snakes is the home for performance poetry in England. They support poets to develop, grow and champion performance poetry for everyone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bird is the Word","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59010746188107,"sku":"R6128-4987","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/JoshuaIdehan_9781066937509.png?v=1793109520"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/the-bird-is-the-word.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}