Nell Smith - Anxious Rare Birds producer and multi-instrumentalist Rebekka Karijord

producer and multi-instrumentalist Rebekka Karijord has been fascinated by the human voice

Human Assholes ultimately reaffirms music as both a shared

I feel that the first-ever release on Bella Union should once again be an active part of the label’s history

draws focus on the voice

Hammond organ

Nell Smith - Anxious Rare Birds producer and multi-instrumentalist Rebekka KarijordBELLA1616 11 April 2025 Posthumous record releases are always charged with emotion but when the release comes from a 17 year old artist that was just getting started it is heartbreaking. Anxious is a mesmerizing selection of songs that explore the highs, lows and uncertainty of teenage life through the eyes of Nell and is the follow up to Where The Viaduct Looms, her debut collaboration with The Flaming Lips that explored the works of Nick Cave.