virgin of the birds is a semi-solo side project of morning spy’s jon rooney. most of the songs are built on a dark folk rock/pop blueprint, with the usual vocal/acoustic framework augmented by unobtrusive bass or restrained harmonica. “the moon falls” will almost remind you of bowie’s “rebel rebel” at half-speed, but with a bit more edge than seu jorge. several mp3s are offered on the virgin of the birds site here. or if you’d like, check these two out first:

virgin of the birds – i fear the sea (4 track version)
virgin of the birds – the moon falls

additionally, morning spy has a couple of downloads on their myspace here.