Birds and Arrows, the duo of Andrea (Sweet By & By) and Pete Connolly is a harmony-rich, pop/folk husband and wife project from Chapel Hill, NC. They weave together their harmonious voices, intimate lyrics and well-textured instrumentals to create, as described by Ashley Melzer of The Mill (The Carrboro Citizen), a shimmering deconstructed pop-country sound.

Their previous EPs, Cages and Quivers and Woodgrain Heart showcased their guitar/drums duo. They are joined by Josh Starmer on cello in their first full-length album, Starmaker and have been working hard on winning the hearts of listeners with their strong-willed romanticism and catchy, texture-rich tunes.

"There’s a sepia-toned but strong-willed romanticism to the texture- and harmony-rich tunes of Birds and Arrows, the duo of Andrea and Pete Connolly. Inside these pop-righteous, country-graceful numbers, they keep each other awake on long road trips and rejoice even in the sight of peril, one’s voice bolstering the other like lifelong support." -- Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly

"It was Birds and Arrows that had the crowd in awe, weaving tender harmonies amidst a background of guitar, drums, pedal steel and cello." -- Linnie Greene, Assistant Diversions Editor

"If you take even just one passing listen to their music, it’s apparent these are voices that aren’t in harmony so much as interlocked. It’s as if two people wandering around the woods suddenly came upon each other and realized they were singing the same song– a romantic image made all the more apropos because Pete and Andrea are newlyweds... There’s a grounded, vintage tone to the arrangements, but a spacey, voyeuristic disconnect in the translation. All in all, it’s a head-scratchingly beautiful mess of music." --Ashley Melzer, The Mill (The Carrboro Citizen)

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