an album about fever dreams, love in the time of internet, heartbreak, medieval monasteries, distance (both emotional and geographical), bad religion, large bodies of water, gender identity, scottish mythology, isolation, and soviet space dogs

all songs and lyrics written by dear laika
text of “blare’s nightmare” originally written by blare coughlin, adapted and translated by dear laika
thanks to james cockayne for lyrical inspiration for "chokecherries"

dear laika: vox, piano, guitar, violin, viola, laptop for making the sounds and samples go
spoken word on “blare’s nightmare” and “half the world now wants you dead” by marie andré

“mixed” by dear laika
mastered by tamara westwood
artwork by ruth culham

Blare's Nightmare

Chokecherries (Barbedwire Birdeyes)

Silver Sun

a suite of semi-improvised music for guitar inspired by mythology, nature, and the work of other musicians such as roy montgomery, li jianhong, jefre cantu-ledesma, vladislav delay, and the uk crowd of richard dawson, rhodri davies, laura cannell etc...

the guitar is barely played in the traditional sense of strumming or plucking; more often it is left to resonate of its own accord, while the various effects pedals transform its sound into howling winds, the crackle of bonfires, grand organs, roars echoing in caverns, enchanted raindrops, and the purring of monstrous cats.

if possible, listen on big stereo speakers at a loud but comfortable volume (you only have one pair of ears in this life and it would be awful to lose them)

all sounds generated by guitar and effects pedals

performed and mixed by dear laika

Dub Sainglend

Liath Macha

Cycle I

the spiritual semi-successor to vision of st. cross : I AWAKE FROM MY DEATH

as always, listen loud, but not too loud

written, produced, performed by dear laika

mastered by becki whitton aka aphir 

art + design by ruth culham

Leaves In Vallombrosa

Prepared

Green Lion Devouring the Sun

Pluperfect Mind

Quinta del Sordo

Asleep in Wildland Fire

Black Moon, Lilith

Inward Life (We Exist)

Phlebotomy

Ubi Sunt

Guinefort's Grave

Lilac Moon, Reflected Sun

for more music:
https://dearlaika.bandcamp.com/
for other information (e.g. press + biography):
https://dearlaika.neocities.org

Dear Laika

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