Good timezone fediverse,
Today's song is Music for a found Harmonium by Penguin Café Orchestra
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra were an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann. The band's sound is not easily categorized, having elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass.
“It wouldn’t feel right to make a really dark record right now. The album is quite eclectic emotionally, but it does feel hopeful.”
Shoegaze legends Slowdive are back and what a wonderful new single they got. The dreamy "kisses" is taken from their freshly announced fifth album "everything is alive", out on September 1.
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One of the most successful singles from Play, "Porcelain" became a top five hit in the United Kingdom and entered various other national record charts. Contributing to the song's commercial exposure was its use in several forms of media, including a notable placement in the 2000 film The Beach.
#SongOfTheDay is Zhea Erose's 24 minute microtonal progressive tech jam "WXTCHCRXFT" which I find both hype at times but also meditative, with vocal harmonies that (in my opinion) evoke Yoko Kanno's work on the GITS:SAC soundtrack.
Darkness
In raven feathered dress
Sides with Death at chess
Their pawns are many and the enemy
Powerless
When the miscreants fell dead
She took to conjuring spells in the cusp of the night
And the bestial floor shook with terrible life
I rise before thee Queen
To feed our lusts on the blood of the weak
To rule heaven and worlds crawling beneath
Satanic Tyranny
FUN FACT: Had this played at during our wedding vows.
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"Severance" by Dead Can Dance is a hauntingly beautiful song that explores separation, loss, and longing. Gerrard's mesmerizing vocals and Perry's evocative instrumentation create an enchanting and introspective experience.
Are you on the square?
Are you on the level?
Are you ready to swear right here, right now
Before the devil?
That you're on the square
That you're on the level
That you're ready to stand right here, right now
Right here, right now
Is it right to believe
In the need to be free
It's a time when you die
And without asking why
Can't you see what they do
They are grinding us down
They are taking our land
That belongs to the clans
Not alone with a dream
Just a want to be free
With a need to belong
I am a clansman
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a god
Why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies
All around is laid waste
And in my last hour
I'm a slave to the Power of Death