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Carved Upon The Air

by The Anecdote

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David Wilson Love this track. Delicate rythmique percussion enveloped by flowing bass, guitar and strings with a warm vocal that keeps you engaged. Favorite track: Holding Pattern.
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BURNING POEMS Only young, not twenty-one He hitched across the Nullarbor Plain His face was brown and broken down As he looked for the summer rain And when he got to the western land He found the same old pain So he walked around to the north of town Where the road took him again And he saw his freedom Like the moon escaping from the clouds He saw the fragments of the light As they fell upon his arm He heard the singing of the dawn In its crowning golden psalm He felt the ice of winter And the shadows in the night He could taste the ash of a burning world As his soul prepared for flight And he saw his freedom Like the moon escaping from the clouds And he saw his freedom Like fire returning to the sun The ghosts of the past came crowding down Put the mist before his eyes Obscured the sun and everyone Who was listening to his cries Inside he felt the hour And direction of his fate So he marched towards his meeting with A beauty that awaits… And he saw his freedom Like the moon escaping from the clouds And he saw his freedom Like fire returning to the sun
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CHANGING OF THE GUARD Is this the time? The changing of the guard As the cygnet flies far beyond its home To where the eagle cries and the spirits roam Naked through the skies, driven from their home It is a time of signs, a fated hour awaits As destiny unwinds we hurtle on to face A seething wind of time that kisses us and burns With arms raised to the skies – a joyous love that yearns A clear note is sung By the moon and the stars and the sun The land cries its eternal call For those who will fight and stand tall The secrets shining in the dawn are seeking those who ask The wind that gallops at our back begs of us a task As we arise to meet our fate, called by ancient sound We can use the fire to keep us warm or burn the world right down Right down… Right down…
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THE WORLD AWAITS YOU (for Arwen and Aurora) The world awaits you, see how it plans To mould and misshape you with soft honeyed hands To serve its unceasing and restless design To bend your brave purpose to its crooked line So keep your heart beating to rhythms divine Seek where your freedom and virtue align Let what you burn for not burn down your light Safeguard the flame that will give you your sight Your mind will debate you, try to make you its own Decrees that negate you from a pale blue sky throne Will cloud your pure instinct, the song in your veins Fear its dominion and let pour the rains So keep your heart beating to rhythms divine Seek where your freedom and virtue align Let what you burn for not burn down your light Safeguard the flame that will give you your sight Grieve not for me Believe I am free Grieve not for me Believe I am free
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Exiled 06:38
EXILED I see a light as it gleams through smoke and haze Dark is the night, and darker still through history’s gaze Move only forwards, never think of up or down Your greatest triumph of the age wears a charred and bloody crown Take all you can and run away Push down your death another day Disquiet dwells like a thorn in your eye Exiled beyond sight, where the greyness gnaws away All hope and fight, now the sun picks at my brain The ocean’s menace and its roar, and its sweeping unwalled maze Rather I had its terror now than these endless dying days You are alone in your skin, in the hush a howling din No matter what you do or say, the hate won’t go away Your legacy unto us all is to teach us how to fall Yes, somewhere even within thee a dying heart longs to be free
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HOLDING PATTERN Your pain so plain to see for the brother in me Is this why you turn away to yesterday? Before the grief compounded and mutiny sounded A discourse in your blood, an empty flood Feel something in this holding pattern circling you Feel nothing in this holding pattern circling you A bouquet to the sun and everyone Disquiet in your eyes is paralysed Anger for the kill is tempered still Turns itself around to demon ground And I will still maintain a brother's refrain Misaligned and still to find us scared and blind The wind and scouring sand of time and land Will grind away the reticence, the evidence Feel… Heal… Feel… Heal… Feel… Heal… Feel… Heal…
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MIDNIGHT UNDER GLASS When the day comes to an ending Bodies lie asleep and I'm alone I hold tight onto the memory Of our midnight under glass My heart longs once more to hold you Feeling warm and safe, loved and adored I know the day shall arrive, dear Drawing near and near I await you here Midnight under glass
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The Beloved 05:42
THE BELOVED I see you in the forest, dancing in the virgin breeze I see you in the harrowed eyes of famished entities I feel you in the river flowing to eternity I feel you everywhere, in the silence touching me Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns on Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns on Igniting my soul forever You are the striking snake, you are the cooing dove You are the essence in the eyes of everyone I love You are the tearing storm, you are the diamond sea You are the wordless bliss, the whisper washing over me Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns on Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns on Igniting my soul forever Been wandering in the wilderness of all that is Searching through the labyrinth of creation Dreaming in the nothingness of everything Dancing in the spirit-land of illumination Seasons of pain clear the way Seasons of shame are yesterday Seasons of pain clear the way Seasons of shame are yesterday O my beloved, the enchantment of your endless song! You are the path that I have wandered loving for so long O my divine Friend, you are the one that sets me free My heart is yearning, desiring you to be in me Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns on Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns Like a kiss from the lips of God that burns on Igniting my soul forever
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The Sea 04:10
THE SEA The greatest gift you’ve given me Is to make me feel Like I’m just another human being While at the very same time You make me feel like I’m a god Like I’m graceful and divine And the sea that I swim in When I look into your eyes Is the sea that I swim in When I’m tearing down the lies That hold me inside The more you love me Is the more I love myself And when you touch me I feel my inner wealth Yes it’s true I could do this without anybody’s help I just don’t want to anymore O the freedom that we feel This love is so real I come to you to heal The wounds inside myself The dusty books upon your shelf I want to taste the kiss of our ideal
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Tendrils 03:41
TENDRILS Slender young sapling that waves in the air Dancing before me throwing your hair The wind in your leaves as you move easily Alone in your ocean, weaving a soft web of glee The looks they alight in your eyes, I’m filled with surprise at the knowing… the knowing you’re showing your prize I am filled with this mysterious… delirious sensation And what can I say? I know I will remember you this way…

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The Anecdote's debut album 'Carved Upon The Air' is a profound work, with songs written over a 15-year period, rich string and brass arrangements, and a rare poetic beauty. The songs are delivered with compelling directness and haunting intimacy.

The Anecdote are a captivating, virtuosic, and fire-spirited acoustic trio, unique to the current musical landscape. Featuring cello, trumpet, percussion and soaring vocals, their music is a marriage of painstakingly sculptured songs, poetic lyrics, fiery improvising and spacious interweaving. Blending elements of folk, reggae, jazz and acoustica, The Anecdote create a sonic world that opens gateways to the heart and soul.

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released April 22, 2017

THE CAST
Andrew Darling -vocals, trumpet, acoustic guitar, flügelhorn, euphonium
Michael Arvanitakis - cello, backing vocals, electric guitar, double bass, sitar
Leanne Arvanitakis-Hall - hybrid percussion kit, djembe, congas

GUEST STARS
Ryan Tews -drum kit
Tom Fitzgerald - violin, viola


All songs by Andrew Darling except:
Exiled and Carved Upon The Air by Andrew Darling & Michael Arvanitakis Midnight Under Glass music by Andrew Darling, lyrics by Auður Zoëga Carved Upon The Air was improvised live in the studio

String arrangements:
Holding Pattern and The World Awaits You by Michael Arvanitakis Midnight Under Glass by Andrew Darling

Brass arrangements:
Exiled and Burning Poems by Andrew Darling

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The Anecdote Warburton, Australia

Formed in 2014 in Warburton, Australia, The Anecdote are a seasoned live act, having performed at a range of festivals throughout the country. Throughout their careers, members of The Anecdote have performed and recorded with Gotye, Dan Kelly, Jeff Lang, Liz Stringer, Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) and Greg Arnold (Things of Stone and Wood).
'Carved Upon The Air' is their debut album.
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