Speak a Little Louder is the second studio album released by singer-songwriter
Diane Birch. The lead single is "All the Love You Got".[7] Birch's singing and composition evokes sounds of
Stevie Nicks and
Fleetwood Mac.[8][5] Birch's father died of cancer earlier in 2013, and she wrote the album to make sense of her past. Birch stated "Going through losing somebody was a very spiritually transformative experience to me, so some of the songs [I had initially planned for Speak a Little Louder] didn't feel relevant. Hanging on to that facet of rebellion in my past became irrelevant."[9]
Birch wrote or co-wrote all the tracks on the album. The primary musicians on the album consists of Diane Birch on vocals, piano, keyboard, and tambourine (plus organ, Rhodes, keg, and drums),
Nick Movshon on bass, and
Homer Steinweiss on drum and guitar (plus bass).[10] Other musicians to support the album are guitarists Mike Barron,
Bing Ji Ling,
Thomas Brenneck, James Farkas, Luke O'Malley, Mark Williams, and Tomek Miernowski,
Jean-Philip Grobler on guitar and synth,
Eg White on guitar and keyboard, bass players Angelo Morris and
John Taylor, and
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson on drums.
Matt "Aqualung" Hales performs all instruments on "UNFKD" and mostly all instruments on bonus song "Hold on a Little Longer".
^Speak a Little Louder - Deluxe Edition (CD liner). Diane Birch. United States: S-Curve. 2013. 7315110420.{{
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Speak a Little Louder is the second studio album released by singer-songwriter
Diane Birch. The lead single is "All the Love You Got".[7] Birch's singing and composition evokes sounds of
Stevie Nicks and
Fleetwood Mac.[8][5] Birch's father died of cancer earlier in 2013, and she wrote the album to make sense of her past. Birch stated "Going through losing somebody was a very spiritually transformative experience to me, so some of the songs [I had initially planned for Speak a Little Louder] didn't feel relevant. Hanging on to that facet of rebellion in my past became irrelevant."[9]
Birch wrote or co-wrote all the tracks on the album. The primary musicians on the album consists of Diane Birch on vocals, piano, keyboard, and tambourine (plus organ, Rhodes, keg, and drums),
Nick Movshon on bass, and
Homer Steinweiss on drum and guitar (plus bass).[10] Other musicians to support the album are guitarists Mike Barron,
Bing Ji Ling,
Thomas Brenneck, James Farkas, Luke O'Malley, Mark Williams, and Tomek Miernowski,
Jean-Philip Grobler on guitar and synth,
Eg White on guitar and keyboard, bass players Angelo Morris and
John Taylor, and
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson on drums.
Matt "Aqualung" Hales performs all instruments on "UNFKD" and mostly all instruments on bonus song "Hold on a Little Longer".
^Speak a Little Louder - Deluxe Edition (CD liner). Diane Birch. United States: S-Curve. 2013. 7315110420.{{
cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link)