Cradle

Black River and Other Bodies of Water

Cities Now in Ruins

“Do We Do Love’s Bidding?” has been a stable of Tidebound live shows for long time, but in this homestudio-recorded version it gets a slightly more symphonic treatment to supplement the usual DIY-approach of fingerpicked guitar and speak-sinking, where layers of synth-strings, treated electric guitar and backing vocals from collaborator Laura Noszczyk (Solyara, AEX) are added into the mix.

released October 14, 2022
Music & lyrics: Dave Müller
Performed by Dave Müller & Laura Noszczyk
Mixed by Dave Müller
Mastered by Marcus Ferreira at No Master's Voice (www.facebook.com/nomastersvoice/)
Cover photo by Dayghost

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Do We Do Love's Bidding

From the "What Colour is Sound Volume 7" compilation available at bandcamp: 
https://whatcolourissound.bandcamp.com/album/what-colour-is-sound-7

What Colour Is Sound volume 7

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The Outsider

Another track from the upcoming EP "Black River and Other Bodies of Water". This will be available on limited edition vinyl (Dendron Records), limited edition CDr (Woodland Recordings) as well as a digital download.

The EP was recorded and mixed by Tanja V. Jessen (Distortion Girls), who also plays additional noise guitar. Additional guests are Laura Noszczyk (Solyara, AEX, ex-Machinery of Joy, ex-Yellowish) on Fender Rhode keyboards, analog synth, melodica and backing vocals, Nils-Bro Müller (ThirdWheelDrive) on pedal-steel and Josefine T. Svendstrup on backing vocals and flute.

William Shaff created the awesome artwork you see here.

Tidebound - Black River

Live at Hotel Cecil in Copenhagen 19/05/2018, supporting King Dude.

Tidebound - All Love Is Unrequited (Live at Hotel Cecil 19/05/2018)

Tidebound - Under The Horned Moon (feat. Niss Stricker Live At Bragagild 2016)

Featuring David and Hugh (Moongazing Hare).

Tidebound - Black River (Live At Stardust 21/09/2019)

Tidebound is a psychedelic folk solo-project from Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dave Müller.

Tidebound is a project firmly grounded in the concrete of Copenhagen, the soil that lies beneath and the waters that hold them in place. The hiatus of Black Wreath (funeral doom metal) and the otium of Chasing Eudaimonia / Eudaimonia Collective (psychedelic drone) has allowed Dave Müller to explore new musical directions. Unlike any other of Müller’s projects, Tidebound has its very roots in folk music, but the inspirations that paved the way for his other projects still shine through. These are songs of lost love and hope, distressful desolation, yearning for freedom and the acceptance of solitude; themes not uncommon to the folk genre, but the sometimes hazy vocals and the underlying psychedelic instrumentation give Tidebound a sound of its own. In other words: if Stephen Burch (The Great Park) and Townes Van Zandt went to the funeral of Jason Molina on their honeymoon and Aron was set to play at the wake, Tidebound would still be a psychedelic folk band from Copenhagen.

Müller has been active in the Danish underground music scene for years, but takes on the role of sole songwriter and vocalist for the first time, making Tidebound a highly personal project. The melodic nature of the songs and introspective lyrics evoke feelings that range somewhere between melancholy and pessimistic hopefulness. The instrumentation and vocals give the work an otherworldly feel, at times enhancing these moods to almost resemble mythological omens of impending doom or joyful reassurance of the possibility of finding salvation in the muddy waters of existence. Tidebound hereby raises the universal question that many of us ponder when the water refuses to thaw and the seasons refuse to change: what will be uncovered when the tides lay waste to the ocean and sweep the land: Atlantis or R’lyeh?

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