I found some of the limited edition copies that come with a screenprint of the VP logo as well as a CD copy of album with bonus tracks and also a CD copy of the remix album Vänner.
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This song is inspired by seraphim, "burning ones", flaming messenger angels from the first testament, coming down to earth like spaceships, watching over all the lost souls of man. It's about searching for a god who has vanished, or never really existed. It's about building towers higher than Babel. It's about loneliness, despair, aspirations, curiosity, angels and spaceships.
lyrics
Oh, we heard the calling from
The eaves, where we would sleep some more
The embers burned and so did our sleeping hearts
Oh, we heard them calling from
The towers where we could climb no more
The way was lost, along with our sleeping hearts
Oh, we heard them calling from
The stairs of our father’s house
Like memories, they followed our sleeping hearts
There’s a turning key
There’s a burning light
How they call to me
I can hear them from the rooftop
Souls out in the night
Oh, there’s no one calling from the towers
So we will build them higher
Than before, build with our fearsome hearts
Oh, there’s no one calling from the stairs
Of our father’s house
We closed the doors and followed our fearsome hearts
There’s a turning key
There’s a burning light
How they call to me
I can hear them from the rooftop
Souls out in the night
credits
from Vena Portae,
released November 25, 2014
Dom: Samples, electric guitar, vocals
Emily: Samples, guitar, piano, vocals
Ruben: Samples, bass, electric guitar, piano, pump organ, air organ,
juno synth, toy piano
Jesper: Drums
Emily Barker is the award-winning songwriter and performer of the theme to BBC TV’s Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. Her
music is an indie blend of influences from alt-country to folk via 60s pop, with comparisons ranging from PJ Harvey to Joni Mitchell....more
I was honoured to be invited by Merlyn Driver to contribute a track to this wonderful project. All proceeds go to support the RSPB and its work. Emily Barker
There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older.
Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit. yellowcakeuf6
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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