Original song, lyrics by me, music by my brother Dan Galvano.

Northbound Trains at Hopmonk Tavern Novato

First live performance of this song. I hope you enjoy!

home at last live marc 49 1.26

Outside, a soft snow is beginning to fall. She wakes to find a note on her lover's pillow, written in blood.  The note reads simply: "COME GET HIM", signed by Kajikawa, the rival warlord of her father's clan. It's a trap - she knows it's a trap - and her knowing keeps going. These men cannot stop her. It is her fate to destroy each and every one of them this very day. This warrior maiden is not simply a warrior maiden. She is "kitsune", a metamorphosing fox-women, nine-tailed, capable of elemental and temporal magic, bending time and space, hitting a solider with a single bolt of lighting from 500 meters, burning down an entire forest with the click of her jaw. In human form, she weilds "kogitsune-maru" - Little Fox, capable of destroying any standard steel blade with a single swipe. 

She dresses swiftly, fastens her hood around her chin, and begins her sprint up the mountain. As woman... as fox...

She is not worried about her mission. She is worried about what happens when she gets him back, when he finds out... but that is a story for another day. 

Kitsune

Inspired by one of my favorite poets, Nanao Sakaki. 

Nanao

One of my more recent performances of Habits. I spruced up the rhythm guitar part a bit and the vocals are coming along.

This is one of the songs on my upcoming EP. I hope you enjoy! 

Habits Of Mind 7.13

Track 01: Habits of Mind

Track 02: Look Back

Track 03: Burning the Bridge to the Promised Land

Track 04: Vegas

Track 05: 100 Days

Live tracks are recorded @ Marc 49 in Oakland, CA with my trusty Tascam DR40 field recorder; studio tracks were recorded by Andrew Oswald at Secret Bathroom studios in Oakland, CA.

Matthew John Galvano