A fragile folk ballad melded with lush and sometimes disturbing guitar and synth textures. The vocal and acoustic guitar are the focus but a Yamaha sampler keyboard from the 90s is used to live sample the band and reproduce the sounds in real time creating a post modern dreamscape of alt folk and ambient. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of longing, loss and desire using very few words.
lyrics
Here in this storm you are the eye in the calm
And I am the norm and you are the axis upon
Which I stand in a state of alarm
And all these twists and turns they take us to a nice place
And by any other name you'd still have grace
Here in the swarm we'd stay close and warm
And I am a bore and you are the core of what I am longing for
And all these twists and turns they take us to a nice place
And by other name you'd still have grace
And all the twisting lines they blow our minds
And at any other time you might be mine
credits
from Horse Power (Live) EP,
released November 17, 2023
Written and Performed by The Phoenix Foundation.
Recorded at Radio New Zealand's Helen Young Studio in 2004.
Engineered and Mixed by Andre Upston for Radio New Zealand.
Mastered by Mike Gibson.
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