New Boots Explained

New Boots
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wallis Bird
Cover:	Wallis Bird - New Boots.jpg
Released:	24 July 2009^[1] (Ireland) 5 March 2010 (Austria/Switzerland)^[2] 12 March 2010 (Germany/Benelux), 5 April 2010 (France)
Recorded:	2008/2009
Genre:	Acoustic rock
Label:	Rubyworks (Ireland) Columbia Records (Rest of Europe)
Producer:	Marcus Wuest, Wallis Bird
Prev Title:	Spoons
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Wallis Bird
Next Year:	2012

New Boots is the second album by Irish singer-songwriter, Wallis Bird. The album was released on 24 July 2009 in Ireland^[1] under the Rubyworks label and later received a wider European release in March 2010 in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium. The album was released in France in April 2010.^[2] It released outside Ireland through Columbia Records.

Promotion

Bird appeared on RTÉ Two's Band from School^[3] in December 2009. She also appeared on Austrian music channel Go TV to promote the album on 15 March 2010.^[4]

Track listing

2009 original release

"Can Opener"
"Travelling Bird"
"To My Bones"
"Meal of Convenience"
"Made of Sugar"
"An Idea About Mary"
"When We Kissed the World Fell in Love!"
"LaLaLand"
"Berlin"
"Measuring Cities"
"Your Morning Dram"

2010 limited edition

"Can Opener"
"Travelling Bird"
"To My Bones"
"Meal of Convenience"
"Made of Sugar"
"An Idea About Mary"
"When We Kissed the World Fell in Love!"
"LaLaLand"
"Berlin"
"Measuring Cities"
"Your Morning Dram"
"Your Daddy"
"LaLaLand" (acoustic)
"An Idea About Mary" (acoustic)
"Measuring Cities" (acoustic)
"To My Bones" (live version)

New Boots Tour

Bird toured Ireland, France and Belgium extensively throughout 2009. In early 2010 she announced live tour dates for other parts of Europe including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Awards

New Boots won Wallis Bird the title of Best Irish Female Artist at the 2010 Meteor Ireland Music Awards.

Notes and References

Web site: New Boots (2009) | Wallis Bird | High quality MP3 downloads | 7digital Eire . Ie.7digital.com . 2 July 2009. 3 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003045048/http://ie.7digital.com/artists/wallis-bird/new-boots-1/# . 3 October 2011 . dead .
Web site: the home of Wallis Bird . Wallisbird.com . 3 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304093517/http://www.wallisbird.com/2010/wbtestset.htm# . 4 March 2012 . dead .
http://www.rte.ie/tv/theden/bandfromschool/willisbird.html
Web site: gotv – hosted by Wallis Bird . Gotv.at . 3 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929232037/http://www.gotv.at/hostedby_detail.php?id=1527 . 29 September 2011 .