Fusing contemplative folk and electronic bedroom-pop elements, “A Bird Lives in My Chest” is an affecting new track from Wail Pigg, the project of Chicago-based artist Mike Ryan.

A title-touting proclamation opens, the vocals depicting the bird as having “weary wings” and needing rest. The animal choices within, specifically a bird and wolf, play like an internal presence in oneself — from the bird’s loneliness and ensuing attachment, to “a wolf” that “lives in my bones” and reflects insatiable hunger and desire. Lush, trickling acoustics and playful, brisk rhythms interplay with enjoyable immersion, with buzzy synth elements weaving in subtly.

A final “a boy lives in my head” continues a sense of vulnerability, baring one’s soul in a heartrending final line: “Yes, you’re all there is for him.” Isolation, dependence, and internal habits are explored with artful precision on this dynamic folk success from Wail Pigg.

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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

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