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Post by mimmihopps on Jun 29, 2016 13:34:22 GMT -5
"No man is an island unto himself" - John Donne.
There is a very different atmosphere in this country. I can feel it in the air wherever I go. It was an odd feeling driving down to Glastonbury last Friday. The nation was and is truly divided.
On the day that Farage declares his support for Trump (go figure), the horrific explosions in Istanbul, the worst refugee crisis we have seen in a long time, a grumbling, flailing government, the opposition in disarray, huge anti-referendum protests in the street and the final death throes following the collapse of the commonwealth, it's with an oddly conflicted heart that I announce the release of my new album, Furnaces.
There are two songs that we have decided to throw your way as tasty morsels before the last supper.
DIONYSUS
This is about man as creator/destroyer , lover/fighter. The poet with the goat legs veering between his dual natures. The uncontrollable urges that can't be accounted for, due to the ridiculous excuse of biological make-up (or chemical discrepancies) - there is an equal amount of irrationality in both sexes in completely different ways. Surely we men have a certain amount of will-power? We are not simple animals, we choose, we decide, we cause our outcomes; but our egos, our lack of restraint, our desires...our hunger for power....always teetering on a see-saw of morals. We want to have it all. We savage all that loves us.
THE WORLD IS ON FIRE
I always loved the idea of fallen kings - ever since the famous play, King Lear, buried itself under my skin when I was younger.
We think we're more powerful than we actually are. Not all of us are arrogant and ignorant but we cannot mess with Mother Nature. She was here before us and she'll be here long after we're gone. It's hard not to feel sad at the sheer repugnant disrespect some people have for each other, the celebration of narcissism, the rise of bigotry, the lack of empathy running in correlation with our immersion in unnecessary technology, which is meant to be progressive.
Why does history repeat itself on a loop? We are walking disintegration tapes! We must all look out for each other whenever we can. Before it's too late.
This record is from the heart of a father, brother & human. The rage that I have for these intense times has kept me burning, kept me writing; I suppose one is compelled by how the outside world reflects one's own shortcomings; these are the mirrors that we hold up to ourselves, in the search for some kind of truth. I can only write as honestly as I can. Much love to you all and thanks for listening and reading.
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
EH X
Brand new album Furnaces out August 19th. London Village Underground show announced for September 21st.
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Post by oasisserbia on Jun 29, 2016 14:28:16 GMT -5
Who?
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Post by mimmihopps on Jun 30, 2016 1:23:53 GMT -5
An English musician/multi composer/singer songwriter. I heard his "This One's For You" for the first time when Noel was on Evening Session Special for 10th anniversary of Definitely Maybe back in 2004 and since then I'm a big fan of him. He's marvelous.
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