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Widdershins

by Sorrowhawk

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Socks On Chief Scout This album is simply Beautiful. Everything about it is perfect. Favorite track: RAE.
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Mark The perfect record for this time of year at this particular moment in history. Contemplative and urgent, plaintive and full of fury. Beautiful.
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1.
Carw 04:25
Pipistrelle shrieks round the dell Another dawn I cannot quell Leers mean as a thistle Leave the glade Birchen leaves Clog the drain steadily As the great hush fell My heart became a well of whispers Wire holy Lost and found Battle steel to common ground Your hips slip down Lest they shirk their own purpose Another romance I can't score Tear the limb loose Make me sore There is nothing you won't do Just to prove that you can
2.
Caught raw to the storm Did you hear perfection coming through my friend's hollow chest? I have doubt in you The still is broken and I don't take kind to instruction I read too much fault to change now Dull my tooth Gnawing my own skull took a toll Down, down, I fostered you in my tomb I kept rattling around like I wanted you to stay Forth you eagles and take her away Along with everything I wanted to say It was nothing more than dumb applause Now fortune is older And I was just deeper I'm deeper Tell me what are you running from Cos I'm kinda ready to run away It's so much sleep I can barely breathe It's so much sleep I can barely dream
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Widdershins 05:58
Holding your breath A week underwater A slip of a shipwreck Calling for any spare change Left in my wallet For us to get in a state Tawny owl eyes: green for an evening Leaving me foreign needles I'll stab in your wake Shifting my panic And fall on your bed though habit I'd say "Erin, you're brave, I loved every moment But I think I've caved in for the last time" When they gave out grace You really caught the bouquet
4.
Blow me along Offer a tongue Cos you're craning your neck like a swan And who had you said was better in bed? Cos I do my best to forget Well I hope when the morning comes I am lost in the explosion I'm out of shape And you're out of charm Raising your wings like a swan And the air is on fire And burning out cars Is the furious king of your heart Well I hope when the morning comes I am lost in the explosion And I hope when the earthquake hits We are trapped in the rubble
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Too hot Alone in the stove pot You smell like an old dog Who sleeps in the spite you reek of Two hearts Both hopeless and blown apart While you smiled like a starved wolf Paws padding the hospital halls Fly your kites Blue Father of Lies The lines untied Grey Father of Time You came first Black Mother of Earth Starved of love Red Mother of Love
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RAE 10:37
Don't you wake Morning came like diving weights I've lined the walls with goatskin, horns and cuticles Now rise up I need to see your feet leave marks You've been ghosting treelines since my eyes first opened Raise your reds Paint yourself in bloodied flags Oh my gods, I'll live off whatever you've got Prise me off Promise that I won't make a sound Tie me up Leave me on the outskirts of town Describe her using only four words Promise of New Land

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"The first release from Ysbryd Mawr Records is 'Widdershins' by Sorrowhawk. The duo is comprised of long-term collaborators Rhys Baker and Stephen Baxter who have created a record of pulsing electronic drums, luminous, haunting loops, gothic-tinged guitar and romantic vocals inspired by the grand and remote landscapes of their respective homes of Radnorshire and Gloucestershire.

Widdershins is pensive, majestic and, at times, simmers with a dangerous claustrophobia. Lyrically the record explores a struggle with mental health and the hope of finding clarity. These concepts are rendered and mirrored in the delicate balance of both the lo-fi and crystalline elements found among the instrumentation and production of Widdershins. We urge you to follow Sorrowhawk along their dark, ethereal trail."

Ysbryd Mawr Records

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released October 2, 2020

All money from digital sales will be donated in memory of Ben Robinson to child bereavement charity Winston's Wish. www.winstonswish.org

All songs written, recorded and produced by Rhys Baker and Stephen Baxter.

Artwork by Paul Bailey. More of Paul's work can be seen and bought here: paulbaileyart.co.uk

Thank you\diolch yn fawr iawn to our families dem, we empresses. Thank you to Francesca Garman and Tom Turner. Thank you to Dawn and Jo at Mid Powys MIND. Love and thanks to Jo Messenger, Reuben and Bailey.

Ysbryd Mawr Records 2020

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Sorrowhawk Wales, UK

Luminous, pounding romance.

Rhys Baker, Stephen Baxter and Dan Arrowsmith. Sorrowhawk formed in 2019. After James Gandolfini died and before the plague arrived. Rhys lives in Mid-Wales, Stephen and Dan live in West England. Alright then. ... more

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