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wrap your hills around our absence

by Alula Down

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    Proceeds from the Alula Down Bandcamp sales will be given to Crisis. People who are homeless are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic, and whilst fundraising to support the NHS and care workers feels entirely right - there are others in need of our generosity at this time
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    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This is a strictly limited 7" lathe cut single - one sided - and released on the Future Grave imprint. Each physical copy comes with a download code to address your digital music needs.

    Half of the limited edition will be sold directly by Future Grave www.reverbworship.com/future-grave.html, and the other half through the Alula Down Bandcamp site.

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Lyrics: As the woodland fills its great lungs And its roots reach deeply down Standing steady as the wind blows Does it feel the falter in our step? As the bee hums with the sun’s song Butterfly now warms its wings Blackbird gives its song to springtime Do they feel the catching of our breath? Do blossoms pause in their unfolding? Seedlings hesitate in clay? Do the birds that fly out from the hills beyond the hills Know we are slower, uncertain of our way? Does the earth want for our footstep? Do the trees long for our breath? Do the birds outside our window Sing a song of comfort while we wait?

about

Like others during coronavirus we’ve been writing and recording - and taking time to reflect on the impact of lockdown on us and on the world around us... aware of our absence from the patterning of the systems around us, and the strangeness of this silent spring.

The title is a line from a poem by Nadine Anne Hura:
Papatūānuku - Mother Earth

Rest.
Breathe.
Recover.
Heal.

credits

released May 8, 2020

Written, recorded and mixed by Kate Gathercole and Mark Waters.
Voice, acoustic guitar, violin, piano, double bass, ukulele.

Mastering executed beautifully by Ian Carter.
Lathe cut with loving care by Phil at 3.45 Recording Production Manufacture.
Big thanks to Roger Linney at Reverb Worship / Future Grave.

Record label artwork by Kate.

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Alula Down Hereford, UK

mark waters & kate gathercole

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