All songs recorded and mixed by Brian Campeau. 
Co-produced by Brian Campeau and Bronwyn Eather. 
Mastered by William Bowden. 
Songs written by Bronwyn Eather.

Mark Fairhurst – Drums 
John Pye – Fretless Bass 
Daniel Pliner – Hammond Transistor Organ 
Bronwyn Eather – Electric Guitar and Vocals

Upon seeing a Reuters photograph of a bombed-out, devastated city in northern Iraq or Syria, I recalled articles about the home-grown youth of western cities, sporting their jihadi cool in what they wore and the way they spoke. These same misguided youth became the fodder of war in the far-flung strongholds of fledgling caliphates. “This is their last stand. They all came to die” was the photo’s caption. All wars have their lions and lambs, and the greedy grow ever richer. ‘Syrian Winter’ is an anti-war song.

Against The Tide

Syrian Winter

Lili and her friends are in the resistance. Lili is a gifted code breaker and decides to join their leader across the border. She is wounded, alone and hoping that she did not imagine a certain look between them on their one and only meeting. She sits in the hills waiting for nightfall so she can go to the Bar des Rêves.

Lili's Leaving

The south end of King St Newtown is a magical realm, rent from ancient times, where nothing is quite what it seems. There atop one of the old buildings is an owl. He guards and protects. He keeps our secrets. He's the Owl King. Shhh...

Owl King

Written in Greece, reimagined back in Sydney. A demo for the band to work with. Hecate and the hounds of Hades playing their tricks on us all again...

Fin De Siècle

In Ulysses we learn that the Penelope, wife of Odysseus kept eager suitors at bay for many years using her wit and womanly wiles. Renowned for her fine weaving, one of her ploys was that she would choose a new husband only once she had finished weaving a shroud for Laertes, the father of Odysseus.

Ravelling Unravelling

While on a writing holiday in Greece last year, I wrote a swagful of songs. This one was written during the Climate Extinction Rebellion marches. There were no marches in the little seaside village in Crete where I was staying. This was my effort to join in. Portrait by Susan L'Estrange

Cavalier Heart

Blood Moon Rebellion

In mid 17th century Ireland, during the Cromwell Curse, Mary O'Brien lived with her husband Conor until he was killed by soldiers. She vowed revenge. In order to keep their castle for her son she had to marry for at least one year, after which she could divorce, then marry again. She is reputed to have married 25 husbands, each of whom died mysteriously... She kept the castle, but came to a sticky end.

Red Mary

In Egyptian mythology, the Sacred Ibis protected people by killing the Winged Serpents as they approached a large cave, their bones, piled high at the cave mouth. (Lyrics from 2018. Newly arranged in ISO)

Ibis And Serpent's Dance

More luminous than love. Days of change. Days of wonder. Days of hope.

Cavalier Hearts

Luminous Days

Exploring our stepping and stumbling and the weight we carry. Stones and Bones. Through it all the awe and miracle of water, light and air.

Stumble on Stone

After the battle of Troy, Odysseus (Ulysses) heads for his home island of Ithaca. After more than 10 years of mishaps and adventures, no one knows whether he is alive or dead. His faithful and clever wife Penelope continues to protect his lands, their son and his legacy with her womanly wiles.

Ravelling Unravelling 2

Born in Tasmania, Bronwyn Eather came to Sydney to study acting, following almost a decade of pioneering work as a field linguist in Arnhem Land, in the remote north of Australia. Her emergence as a songwriter came as a welcome surprise, though her work has never strayed too far from a love of language and performance. Debut EP, ‘On The Bones of Love’ 2015. Album 'Against The Tide' 2017

Bronwyn Æather

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