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PHYSICAL COPIES (Cd-R) AVAILABLE AT https://arachnidiscs.bandcamp.com/album/meadow-thrum

Meadow Thrum is a murmuring attempt at animating an imagined landscape, and all manner of anthropomorphic entity within. I’ve been thinking of this album as druidic lore-play; it’s some pretty decadent fantasy. Hyper visual and hyper surrealistic, as far as lyrics are concerned. Threading in a lot of ’irreverent’ and intentionally loose percussive and organic sounds among more careful and familiar melodic stuff, which is gently reflective, I think, of the overarching concept and heart of the thing: play between two worlds. Above/below.

Sound: a whole lotta sprawling polyphonic vocal stuff, including a small men’s chorus, droning, and percussion using throat, tongue and breath. Lots of table-tapping, hairbrush-bristles-on-paper, jewelry jangling, and some cutting and pasting of found battle sounds (swords clinking, drop-kicks, etc.) And of course, analog synth (Juno 60) and piano, acoustic string instruments (toy guitars, autoharp), electric bass, and bird song- mostly cardinals, robins and grackles...

Home recordings; DIY with some collaborations and incredible guests sprinkled in. Penchant for fantasy, myth, and play.

Collaborative works detailed (with links) in Recommendations section.

See zbtfd, Blue Fog Recordings, Arachnidiscs, and Ur Audio Visual for physical releases.

1. zbtfd.ca