Today marks the release of blue bird rain cloud, the new EP from dog eyes. The Oakland folk duo of Hailey Firstman & Davis Leach made their Grand Jury debut last year on the tranquil yet scrappy Holy Friend. Here, they open the aperture up thematically and ground the sonics in even more organic instrumentation and more inveterate Americana. The results are rewarding.

The band started the celebration earlier this week with the music video for semi-title-track “bluebird.” Like the song itself the clip, directed by Angela Zamora, is a gentle rush of nostalgia & yearning.

The EP is available on limited edition cassette here. The band plays a sold out release show next week in Oakland.