BIRP! August 2017

My selections for August 2017! Hear the full playlist at http://www.birp.fm

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For Hanni

http://snowblinksays.com/

HOW NOW

Look at you, look at you
Look at you, look at you 

Ancient-treetop from the neck-up and newborn-calf in the knees
Will the goodness we have witnessed stay good for centuries? 

This is so new, how now!
Look at you, look at you 

Honey still hot from the tired bees 
Sweet sap weeping from our favorite tree 
Tell me will the goodness we have witnessed
stay good like this for centuries ? 

You and me, let's get together!
Watch what you call for — all birds have a call 
Look at you, look at you
Look at you, look at you

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Released by Outside Music 3/2/2016
Written by Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Goldman
Lyrics by Daniela Gesundheit
Performed by Daniela Gesundheit, Dan Goldman, Barbara Gruska, Johnny Spence, Brodie West, Charles James, Feist (Cameo response on "Tell Me Will The Goodness")
Produced by Dan Goldman, Robbie Lackritz, Daniela Gesundheit
Recorded by Robbie Lackritz, Dan Goldman
Mixed by Robbie Lackritz
Mastered by David Travers-Smith
Photo by Terri Loewenthal. 
Design by Paul Henderson. 

How Now

The unpredictable yet cyclical currents of desire. 

We wrestled with this song so hard as a band; the version on Returning Current is essentially a Remix - version five? Six? Perhaps the song was engaging us in the experience of its lyrics' meaning, a sort of musical dramatization - Cyclone, strict mistress, wanted us to embody the exasperating lessons of desire and attachment, that the more you want 'it,' the further 'it' slips from your grasp. She had a copy of Goethe in one hand, and, waving her other finger at us, she warned 'confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.' 

Nick Zammuto (formerly The Books) and Daniela have nurtured a friendship and musical collaboration that has spanned over a decade. She sang on several tracks on his most recent album Anchor. As The Books was largely concerned with re-imagining and re-contextualizing found sound and video, perhaps one of Nick's most fluent and elegant languages is The Remix. What luck to have such a master lend his attention to the bones of this stubborn song.

Cyclone Zammuto Remix

FEEL LIKE A MAN 

I feel like a man
haven't cried for weeks now
I feel like a man 
I feel like a man

I make money, I’m in demand
You talk feelings from the edge of the bed
Saying I don't understand 
But you know, I’ve got solutions — I’d kill for you

I feel like a man

Saw the stars tonight dying one by one
Living by a light that's already done
Never tried so hard 
Oh I'm hunting what I can't see

I feel like a man

We who fly over seas to try to make it happen
We who must leave everything that's everlasting 
Never had so much to lose
Chasing hunting cursing killing what I can't see
What can't I see?
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written by DANIELA GESUNDHEIT and DAN GOLDMAN
lyrics written by DANIELA GESUNDHEIT
performed by 
DANIELA GESUNDHEIT Vocals, Guitars, Harp 
DAN GOLDMAN Vocals, Guitars, Synths
OWEN PALLETT Strings 
THOM GILL Guitar
ARIEL ENGLE Vocals
STEVEN FOSTER Drums
PHILIPE MELANSON Drums
DAN GAUCHER Drums
CHARLES JAMES Bass, Synth

Produced by DAN GOLDMAN, ROBBIE LACKRITZ, DANIELA GESUNDHEIT 
String Arrangements by OWEN PALLETT 
Mixed by STEPHEN KAYE
Mastered by DAVID TRAVERS-SMITH
Published by VISITING MARTHA (ASCAP/SOCAN)
Photograph by TERRI LOEWENTHAL 
Layout and design by Paul Henderson

Released July 12, 2016 via Outside Music 



Feel Like A Man

Exotic Bird

RETURNING CURRENT

Like a monk or a mystic
quiet on the outside
northern lights colluding on the inside
The air around me humid as Hawaii
with my evaporated desire

I am recurring
I am tidal
returning current

Looking out at the surf, at the cursing waves
My good friend told me
My grandmother showed me
that every seventh wave is the biggest one
and seven years to the day
with those leaden dream legs
I’m trying to run, run, run away

I am recurring
I am tidal
returning current

When I feel this way I wanna run, run, run away
When I catch this wave I gotta ride it all the way

I am recurring
I am tidal
I am recurring
I am tidal
I am recurring
I am tidal

Returning current

Returning Current

Foothills

Second Sight

Torn To Light

The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even

Bokeh

Lucy Horton - Vocals
Spencer Stewart - Bass, Moog, Guitars, Piano, Samples
Charlie Van Kirk - Drums, Percussion
Mike Bono - Electric Guitar

Produced by Charlie Van Kirk & Spencer Stewart
Engineered & Mixed by Charlie Van Kirk
Mastered by Kevin Reeves

Recorded in Brooklyn and Roxbury, CT

Thanks to Wilson & Sean at Antfood, the VK's for their hospitality, and to our family & friends for their inspiration and support.

Bodiless Heart

Castling

Fully Fledged

Black Cloud

how can i 
occupy the space
where you reside
red face, i hide
red face, i oh

red face, i hide
red face, i hide
to keep you out, i lie
to keep you out, i lie

how long will i
satisfy the need
your hands are tied 
to keep, i lie
to keep, i lie
did you know i 
feel shy when you look
the stars in your eyes
the fear in mine

OCCUPY

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH

All instruments by Daniel Moore except:

Bass - George Boorman
Lead Guitar/Backing Vox - Kristian Smith

Produced by Kristian Smith/Daniel Moore


Artwork by Stefan Iyapah

Cyclone Zammuto Remix

Snowblink