 Bonus. Another side to Fang. Achy piano song recorded in the living room.

    The bird that startles
    from your chest
    let it rest, let it rest
    and if that bird
    brings news of death
    let that death rest with me

    When your father’s ghost
    breaks from your chest
    let it rest, let it rest
    when empty hallways
    steal your breath
    let your breath rest with me

    It lays down
    in this home by the sea

    It’s how you coil the rope
    care for the boat
    cook, and eat and live
    Lucky are we for these things of earth
    These things that are still his

    When all your need walks from your chest
    let it rest, let it rest
    When it seems there isn’t any left
    let what’s left rest with me

    The bitter wave that storms your chest
    let it rest, let it rest
    You know that wave will one day crest
    then that wave may rest with me

    It lays down
    in our home by the sea

    chorus

    When you don’t know
    why he left
    let it rest, let it rest
    there’s a silver boat that held him best
    and it pointed to the sea
    I love to see it pass
    though it does not rest with me

    You hold his dawns
    still in your chest
    let it rest, let it rest
    You walk the woods
    to tracks he set
    and these tracks lead to the sea
    I love to know your path’s still true
    Though it does not rest with me

    I tell these stories to bind my chest
    let it rest, let it rest
    They all came true
    while we slept
    in our homes by the sea
    one day we’ll whisper
    we were blessed
    let that story rest with me
credits
    from Diskopatska, released 25 February 2011
    Song, vocals and piano by Barbara Adler 

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Ten Thousand Wolves is a multidisciplinary workhorse led by Canadian artist Barbara Adler. The projects gathered under its flag are unapologetically eclectic, mixing songwriting, storytelling, theater, comedy and whatever other tool comes to hand. The result could be called contemporary songspiel.

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The set-list changes frequently. Genres get mussed, instrumentation varies and the line-up, so far, fluctuates between one person and fourteen. Future projects may involve either more members, or fewer, but currently, the key collaborators are: theater artist and designer Kyla Gardiner, vocalists Shannon Scott, Juhli Conlinn and Emily Lyall (The Company B Singers), guitarist Gavin Youngash, bassist James Meger, drummer Skye Brooks and online magazine\cultural entity VANDOCUMENT.

Running through it all is an obsession with the music of the performed word-- whether sung or spoken, whispered to the private ear or spontaneously bantered, lushly harmonized or brashly shout-rocked. Subject matter varies, but is often oriented around relationships: between people, between people and places, between groups and outsiders, and most recently, between Nature and Society. The words matter, but so does rhythmic conviction. In its heart of hearts, Ten Thousand Wolves dreams of an audience that likes thinking as much as it likes losing itself in the drums. And vice versa. It was conceived as a way to bring coherence to a process of ongoing reinvention, so the best way to get to know it is through the current projects. Right now these are: Klasika, The Johnny Horton Remix, and Pathetic Fallacy.

 And yes, Ten Thousand Wolves ate FANG. 

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