Sung with such immense verve, passion, and soul, Red Bird’s powerful funk rock anthem ‘Real’ is a testament to the timeless qualities of a rock song performed with quality and substance above all. Although the song is loaded with that kind of soulful funk aspects that has you grooving out to its infectious and rather upbeat tempo, it masks a rather grimmer subject nature. But, in perhaps the irony of its own conception, that’s precisely what it sets out to do. ‘Real’ is all about the pretending nature of our own obsession with masking our true authentic selves. Calling attention to our fixation with online media and social personas that are almost entirely distinct from who we are, ‘Real’ compels us through good old fashioned rock and roll to remember who we really are and should be.
It’s a delightful trip into powerful soul rock that’s almost impossible not to groove along to, and the message therefore just rings that much truer.