BIRD BY SNOW ~ SONGBREAD & ANOTHER OCEAN ~ lp & cd (gnome life)
a new calf sparkles in the field at dawn with after-birth upon her. standing strong and brave with wobbly legs in a precarious world. with totally fearless surrender she steps forward, still wet from the inner universe of the before birth being. with the same naked abandon we offer this 3rd long-player by bird by snow. ten free-pop-mantras, ancient-babies of modern song. the most fertile bird by snow record (so far) each side of this album has its own name, in order to give the tunes more mind-space to flourish and expand side a is ‘songbread’ and side b is ‘another ocean.’ in this record-world we find bbs harvesting perspectives in an old-growth forest of ontology & swimming joyfully in wide-wonder-waters of multi-instrumentalism. cellos, drones, pianos, field-recordings, tape-collage & all manner of drumming, strumming & singing confer and conspire here. many of these songs have been two years in the making, grown and regrown on musical tours through the generous world. songs with fresh-washed faces, and crow’s feet in the corners of their eyes. ‘songbread / another ocean’ is also some of gnome life’s most beautiful and ambitious packaging! the cover is a color lithograph poster, and the lp also includes a deluxe handmade booklet of literature, lyrics, ideas, and points of entry. and a second semi-transparant poster of poetry called: “slow poems” by fletcher tucker (a.k.a. bird by snow). this edition is limited to 550 copies, and is on completely clear vinyl, and comes with a cd! recorded at home on 8-track cassette tape, mastered by john golden.
BIRD BY SNOW ~ SONGBREAD & ANOTHER OCEAN ~ lp & cd (gnome life)
BIRD BY SNOW ~ SONGBREAD & ANOTHER OCEAN ~ lp & cd (gnome life)
a new calf sparkles in the field at dawn with after-birth upon her. standing strong and brave with wobbly legs in a precarious world. with totally fearless surrender she steps forward, still wet from the inner universe of the before birth being. with the same naked abandon we offer this 3rd long-player by bird by snow. ten free-pop-mantras, ancient-babies of modern song. the most fertile bird by snow record (so far) each side of this album has its own name, in order to give the tunes more mind-space to flourish and expand side a is ‘songbread’ and side b is ‘another ocean.’ in this record-world we find bbs harvesting perspectives in an old-growth forest of ontology & swimming joyfully in wide-wonder-waters of multi-instrumentalism. cellos, drones, pianos, field-recordings, tape-collage & all manner of drumming, strumming & singing confer and conspire here. many of these songs have been two years in the making, grown and regrown on musical tours through the generous world. songs with fresh-washed faces, and crow’s feet in the corners of their eyes. ‘songbread / another ocean’ is also some of gnome life’s most beautiful and ambitious packaging! the cover is a color lithograph poster, and the lp also includes a deluxe handmade booklet of literature, lyrics, ideas, and points of entry. and a second semi-transparant poster of poetry called: “slow poems” by fletcher tucker (a.k.a. bird by snow). this edition is limited to 550 copies, and is on completely clear vinyl, and comes with a cd! recorded at home on 8-track cassette tape, mastered by john golden.