Exploring Birdsong release new single ‘Spy In The House Of Love’

Progressive alt-pop outfit Exploring Birdsong have today released their new single ‘Spy In The House Of Love’, the latest track taken from their upcoming debut album ‘Every House We Built’, out 26 June 2026 via Long Branch Records.

Speaking of the track, vocalist Lynsey Ward shares, 

“I came across the book ‘A Spy in the House of Love’ by accident one day, and immediately felt compelled by how the phrase had organised a lot of messy feelings while being in the throes of a heavy break-up. There is actually very little that the book and our song have in common, but discovering it did catalyse a great deal of focus creatively and personally. Everyone at some stage has felt confused or betrayed in heartbreak, and we are far from the first to write a song about it. It is quite new territory for us, though!”

Stream ‘Spy In The House Of Love’ and pre-order the debut album: 
https://exploringbirdsong.lnk.to/everyhousewebuilt

On their debut full-length Every House We Built, Exploring Birdsong step into their most vulnerable and personal chapter yet, shifting from conceptual storytelling to an intimate exploration of human connection.

At its core, the album reflects on relationships in all forms, friendships, family and romance, using the metaphor of houses to explore how bonds are carefully built over time but can fracture just as easily. This idea of fragile architecture runs throughout, with recurring imagery of homes, spaces and foundations giving the record a cohesive emotional thread.

Across the album, the band draw directly from lived experience, moving through themes of anxiety, toxic dynamics, inherited grief, longing and absence, while also capturing moments of warmth, hope and self-realisation. It balances emotional intensity with moments of restraint, shifting between vulnerability, anger and reflection.

Central to the record is the sense that even the strongest connections can reveal hidden cracks, leading to collapse and loss. Yet, it ultimately resists despair. Instead, it closes on a note of renewal, suggesting that despite everything that breaks down, there is still value in building, trusting and starting again.

Every House We Built is a deeply human debut about what we create with others, what we lose, and the quiet resilience it takes to rebuild.

Exploring Birdsong will embark on a headline UK tour this September, playing their biggest headline shows to date. The run of dates will see the band kick things off in Glasgow on 23rd September, before heading south for shows in London and Bristol and wrapping up the tour with a final date in Manchester on 26th September. 

Exploring Birdsong UK Headline Tour:

SEPTEMBER 2026
23 GLASGOW Classic Grand
24 LONDON Islington Assembly Hall
25 BRISTOL Strange Brew
26 MANCHESTER Gorilla

Tickets: UK Headline Shows 2026

Exploring Birdsong are:
Lynsey Ward – vocals, piano
Jonny Knight – bass, synthesisers
Matt Harrison – drums, percussion