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serpentwithfeet - four ethers
Written and Produced by serpentwithfeet
Additional Production by The Haxan Cloak
Mixed by The Haxan Cloak
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Artwork by Elliott Brown Jr.

Taken from the upcoming EP, 'blisters'.
Released September 2nd via Tri Angle Records.

'four ethers' is available to buy on iTunes now. Also streaming on Spotify...

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/four-ethers-single/id1144972046?ls=1&app=itunes

http://open.spotify.com/album/5am1lhfVZ1BdqoVOQg5PhF

blisters

serpentwithfeet - four ethers

Brave and I cannot 
Cannot blame 
This line of old steads 
For a long time 
Lights claimed full glass holes 

I can’t sleep 
Honestly didn’t believe 
And I can’t speak 
And I’d like not to see 

Who made them younger than themselves? 
Knotted sacks and grown younger than they would be 

You’ll see them 
Blue by your lamp 
Grey by sunlight 
White in shadows 
White 

When over head 
Comes the strangest sound 
I would turn around 
But I blew this one before 
Facing North 
Where the skies are more terrifying 
Blown through miles of steam 
And rusty trees 
Held too high

Credits -
 
ZERRIN: Vocals/Electric Organ/Violin/Recording/Mixing 
Jasper Craig-Adams: Electric Bass/Recording/Mixing 
Ben Schmiga: Piano 
Andrew Edgson [Studios 301]: Mastering

Translation

Blues and Greys and Shadows in Others

Our favourite bothy botherers Mac-Talla Nan Creag (comprised of Hoch Ma Toch, Other Lands and Lord Of The Isles) return to Firecracker Recordings, channeling ancient rites, the mysteries of the Scottish landscape and its elements through technologies both old and new for your listening pleasure.

This time round the archaeological work of Forestry Commission Scotland at Dun Deardail in Glen Nevis, and the links between that site and the ancient Celtic myth ‘The Sorrow Of Derdriu’ provided fertile ground for new exploration and response. Accompanying the music once again will be a lush booklet containing some of the stunning imagery that results from the work FCS have done there, all packaged and silk-screened with the usual finesse we've come to expect from Firecracker Recordings and their chief visionary House Of Traps.

Captured in part in a high vaulted medieval church, then in home studios, bouncing ideas back and forth over the internet, MTNC have once again drawn on field recordings, traditional instrumentation, analogue electronics and the simple power of the human voice to create a shimmering and expansive song cycle.

Whereas the first album was borne out of an intense period of field trips and whisky fuelled jam sessions in brochs and had a loose approach overall, the second is perhaps more focussed in its themes relating to the ancient tale - love, war, beauty and tragedy all intertwined - and they arguably go deeper this time, conjuring up something of the Fourth World feel, by way of the Firth Of Forth.

With additional contributions from Professor John Kenny - whose primal Zummoesque playing on a range of horns including a giant conch shell and a replica of the ancient Deskford carynx underpins several tracks on the album - and Eva Sutherland (daughter of Other Lands) who provides a reading from the myth at the very beginning, this is an album that not only carries the heaviness of history but also looks to the light of the future.'

>> Coming in late November 2018 as 2x12", CD and digital. Distributed exclusively worldwide by Rubadub.

FIREC027LP Mac-Talla Nan Creag 'The Sorrow Of Derdriu'

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Blues and Greys and Shadows in Others

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