Unreleased II
Unreleased II
A second vault release, ten more early songs and fragments from May 2020.
- 1Arsony2:50
Genesis retold to its own failure, let there be light and no light comes. Her vow replaces God’s, and the fire that answers takes them both.
Read lyrics and notes - 2Eden4:55
A visitation to a sleeping lover, half ghost story, half lullaby, bed and burial asked for in the same breath.
Read lyrics and notes - 3Plague3:31
A drummer boy rhythm carrying dread, someone coming for her soul, and one question worn through, do you know what I have done.
Read lyrics and notes - 4The Epitaph2:46
The Sunday school promise repeated until it snaps, sung from the mouth of something bargaining at the cross.
Read lyrics and notes - 5Churchyard2:44
Sleep hoped for as death, the bed a coffin of sorts, and a burial requested behind the chapel where he first met her.
Read lyrics and notes - 6Hospital Beds II5:36
Grief fusing her to the furniture, a burial promised, and the song’s most dangerous comfort, coming to join him and asking him to wait.
Read lyrics and notes - 7Virginity (piano demo)3:12
Depression flat on the mattress, the holy body weighed against the dirty sheets.
Read lyrics and notes - 8Antebellum1:00
A count in, a stretch of wordless vocalise, and three lines about a fall. A fragment kept for the record.
Read lyrics and notes - 9Casey2:06
Home of the brave sung through gritted teeth, one dream split two ways and denied to people like us.
Read lyrics and notes - 108 Hour Days2:59
Beauty declared everything and immediately priced. She feels like a preacher’s wife, slaving for children she does not share.
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About the record
Unreleased II followed its predecessor within months, ten tracks running from minute long fragments to full songs. Together the two compilations map how much writing the early project produced that never reached a proper release.
Where to listen
Release details
- Released
- 21 May 2020
- Format
- Compilation
- Runtime
- 10 tracks · 31 minutes
- Label
- Daughters of Cain Records
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