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may the birds inherit the earth

by Laura Cromwell

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thaw 01:46
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friluftsliv 05:26
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Spring Again 03:48
Like all those who have came before me Super nova hot lava white light You are guiding salvation on the highway You are shining armor white knight I want the fire on the sky in the mountain To engulf me quickly in its flames Hot blood heart and vein Know I must go o chilly world They say Spring will come again When the ice melts from over the earth Cheer cheer unheard Rejoice in a great new birth I want the fire on the sky in the mountain To engulf me quickly in its flames Hot head heart and vein Know I must go o chilly world They say Spring will come again When the ice melts from over the earth Cheer cheer unheard Rejoice in a great new birth Birds o birds come back Bend your ear to the forlorn tundra wind In it you will find a song of hope A song that’s been heard here before Fire, sky, mountain Song, breath, bird Easy come easy go Comfort us no more Easy come easy go May the birds inherit the earth

about

Conceived and recorded in February 2021 for the RPM Challenge. A COVID collaboration with musicians in NY, Boston and Maine; friends old and new.

I’ve spent all this pandemic winter listening to Brian Eno’s records made in the 1970s; the ambient series—especially the one with Harold Budd (the Plateau of Mirror); also Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, Discreet Music…so this ep is partially an homage to those records, and to Harold Budd who passed last fall.

From the beginning I knew I wanted to use a sound collage technique on this ep, so I started by improvising on the marimba, and built from there. I wanted the record to be very positive in vibe, and full of the childlike wonder, happiness, awe, and love I feel when I interact with the natural world.

❤︎❤︎❤︎ Thank you to all the musicians who participated ❤︎❤︎❤︎

credits

released March 1, 2021

musicians:
1. Nature - Spring Peeper, Wood Frog, birds, water
2. Brittany Anjou - gyil
3. Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello, tenor guitar; Taylor O'Donnell - voice
4. Gentle Foxing: Ernie Kim - guitar; Emily Arkin - guitar, theremin
5. Edie Davis Quinn - voice; John Mettam - accordion, bass, guitar

Laura Cromwell - singing bowl, drums, percussion, bells and whistles, marimba, wurlitzer, korg

engineered and mixed by John Mettam at Running Girl Studio, in The Hibernaculum, South Berwick, Maine. Additional tracks recorded in Kingston, NY; Brooklyn, NY, and Boston, MA. Mastered by Chris Chase at The Noise Floor, Dover, New Hampshire.

all songs © 2021 by Laura Cromwell, except:
“Spring Again” © 2012 by Edie Davis Quinn.
(arrangement by Laura Cromwell and John Mettam Feb 2021)

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Laura Cromwell Maine

Avant-punk NYC drummer living in Maine.

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