Confetti (Little Birdy album)

Confetti is the third studio album by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, released on 8 May 2009. It debuted at number 6 on the ARIA album charts.

Background
In an interview, Steele describes the inspiration behind the title: "Confetti fell out of my mouth, the word just literally came out of nowhere".

"Brother" is inspired by a lifetime with her brother, Luke and father, Rick. It opens with the couplet "my brother you taught me how to fly, my papa you taught me how to cry".

"This song was straight up. Sometimes I wondered if we should even put it on the record because it's just so honest and brutal – brutal in the fragile sense."

Australian music legend Paul Kelly adds vocals and harmonica to the track, returning the favour for the backing vocals Katy provided on some sessions for him a few years back.

"The experience of working with Paul just reminded me of why he's such a legend. It wasn’t like he just rocked up to the studio to do a session – he really poured everything into it. We kinda felt like he joined our band for that day and that was a pretty great feeling."

Little Birdy

 * Katy Steele – vocals, guitar, keyboard
 * Simon Leach – guitar, synthesiser, steel guitar
 * Scott 'Barney' O'Donoghue – bass guitar, vocals, melodica, harmonica
 * Matt Chequer – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

 * Paul Coyle – trumpet (track 2)
 * Shannon Barnett – trombone (track 2)
 * Tom Spender – tenor saxophone (track 2)
 * Peter Mitchell – baritone saxophone (track 2)
 * Jessica Bell – violin (track 4, 5 and 10)
 * Willow Stahlut – violin (track 4, 5 and 10)
 * Ewen Bramble – cello (track 4, 5 and 10)
 * Christian Read – viola (track 4, 5 and 10)
 * Garret Costigan – pedal steel guitar (track 4)
 * Miles Brown – theremin (tracks 3 and 10)
 * Craig Shanahan – percussion (track 10)
 * Charlie Thorpe – vocals (track 6)
 * Josie De Sousa-Ray – vocals (track 6)
 * Paul Kelly – vocals, harmonica (track 1)
 * Fergus Deasy – guitar (track 1)

Credits

 * Production – Little Birdy, Matt Chequer, Steve Schram
 * Recording and Mixing – Steve Schram
 * Recording Assistant – Alex Beck
 * Mixing Assistants – Lachlan Wooden, Mick Rafferty, Davin Pidoto, Jim White
 * Mastered – Bob Ludwig
 * Artwork – Simon Leach
 * Photography – Tony Mott, Louise Griew
 * Cover – Simon Ozolins