High tide at last in this world
and you can hear the iron eaters:
it’s a little tapping sound in the wires
but it keeps you awake.
High tide at last in this world:
the speechless brutes come out of hiding
and go bellowing at noon on the hardpan
like a warning system test.
The moment I perceived that I was living in record,
I saw the entire world as living in record.
There’s a great clock hidden in these hills
somewhere north of Ely where the air is still.
It’s a funny sort of love
through which we stream to touch
with our mystery tools,
itching for memory.
So, a black bear ambled down from the highlands
at the end of another trading day,
cornered me on the Embarcadero
and edged me slowly back into the bay,
and from the corner of my eye I glimpsed a figure
on a promontory high above the bustle.
I called out to him and saw that he was watching
but he didn’t move a goddamn muscle.
God loves you if you leave him out of it
and exercise the faculties he gave you,
and wield them like a broom
to sweep him from the room:
Order soothes, but it’s the paradox will save you.
I felt a chilly draft come down the attic stairs
and I called that movement breath:
our Golem, if you need to name it,
our brawn, if we only claim it.
Add one letter, and it’s Truth in place of Death.
World, world, world, world, world, world,
born full-grown into a velvet zero, 1968,
It’s growing late.
credits
from The Warm, Dark Circus,
released October 27, 2023
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Damon Waitkus - lead and backing vocals, acoustic, 22-EDO and electric guitars, percussion, hammer dulcimer, glockenspiel, piano, pianet, synth, flute, whistles, electric taishogoto, banjo, mbira
JACK O' THE CLOCK "presents a fine lesson on what it means to write songs that are at once approachable and human while simultaneously being incredibly profound in terms of timbre, depth of emotion, and harmonic complexity," Progulator.
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This rather astounding record can't really be categorized - musically, it's so full of everything and so original that a short description is impossible. It is superbly played. The words are FANTASTIC and I would have chosen The Butcher as my favourite if the app had allowed me to ;-) Tom Landon
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got recc'd this on youtube and loved it- reminds me a lot of late 60's and early 70's records i used to hear playing out of my parents' stereo on sweltering summer days. OPAL
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Mysterious, yet nostalgic, Isolubilia is truly an ode to the romance found in the pursuit of a mystery. Musically rich in turbulence and serenity, majesty and humbleness, this album made me feel both lonely, yet understood as an isolated individual. Perhaps we're all fellow romantics, looking up at the same night sky, trying to wring our own meaning out of the stars. I hope that pursuit never ends. The John
Gorgeous fingerstyle guitar playing from this Portland, Oregon musician that captures the spirit of American Primitive in dazzling detail. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 30, 2021
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Always love musick and art coming out of Brattleboro VT but this really spun my head around, love the crazy atonal indie folk vibes! Bought a CD, can’t wait to hear it on my car speakers!
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