Oxbow "Lovely Murk (ft. Lingua Ignota)"

Taken from the new album, Love's Holiday, in stores now:. oxbow.lnk.to/love
Directed by Zev Deans
About the video and track, Niko Wenner says;
"I started Lovely Murk in late 2011 imagining the perspective of my mother then dying from Alzheimer’s, and what it would feel like to lose everything, even one’s self. So personal, I kept the song for myself; she died in early 2012. But soon Lisa Meyer at Supersonic Festival in Birmingham England asked us to play, encouraging me to orchestrate a version for an Oxbow Orchestra performance. And eventually I was ready to record the song for our new Oxbow album Love’s Holiday, with new lyrics. I asked Kristin Hayter to create a Lingua Ignota choir using my melody from 2011, she also added voice over the bridge, altogether creating a stunning and essential addition. A long journey for what for me is a beautiful, powerful song, made with love."
Eugene S. Robinson continues,
"My favourite part of filming the entire video was during a break in the recording when the home owner of the historically significant house in Pennsylvania where we recorded it, walked into a room where I was sitting and screamed on account of him believing I was an actual ghost. In his mind I guess 17th century ghosts have iPhones."
"When Kristin's voice comes swelling up in the song's centre, right about the time my dying and almost dead carcass ascends to the sky gods, I actually had a moment where it felt like that's precisely and 'for real' what was happening. Her voice, my voice, the voices all contributed to...yes: that feeling of... release."
OXBOW LIVE DATES
Sunday, June 16, 2024 CH Zurich X-tra w/ Mr. Bungle, Spotlights
Monday, June 17, 2024 IT Milan Magnolia w/ Mr. Bungle, Spotlights
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 DE Munich Feierwerk
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 DE Berlin Huxleys w/ Mr. Bungle, Spotlights
Friday, June 21, 2024 FR Bourlon Rock In Bourlon
Saturday, June 22, 2024 NL Den Haag Paard
Sunday, June 23, 2024 LUX Luxembourg Atelier w/ Mr. Bungle, Spotlights
Monday, June 24, 2024 NL Tilburg O13 w/ Mr. Bungle, Spotlights
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 DE Karlsruhe Jubez
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 CH Geneva Cave12
Thursday, June 27, 2024 FR Gigors-et-Lozeron CBGC
Friday, June 28, 2024 FR Pau La Ferronnerie
Love’s Holiday cover by Aaron Turner
Love’s Holiday track listing:
1. Dead Ahead
2. Icy White & Crystalline
3. Lovely Murk
4. 1000 Hours
5. All Gone
6. The Night The Room Started Burning
7. “ “
8. Million Dollar Weekend
9. The Second Talk
10. Gunwale
Love’s Holiday formats, including limited-edition indie exclusive red and Ipecac.com marbled grey vinyl variants, as well as standard vinyl, CD and digital, are available now: oxbow.lnk.to/love.
 
OXBOW is Dan Adams (electrical/acoustic bass), Greg Davis (drums/percussion), Eugene S. Robinson (vocals), and Niko Wenner (guitars/pianos). The San Francisco-born band have released seven studio albums since their inception in 1988, with Pitchfork saying the foursome have released “some of the most eccentric heavy music albums ever.”
VIDEO CREDITS
Directed by Zev Deans
DP: Christopher Raymond
Drone Operator: Daniel Feighery
Gaffer: Luke Martin
Locations: Troy Coffee
Locations ASST: Reetu Shah
MUA: Ali Ciotto
Fencing Choreo: Daniel Feighery
Line Producer: Paula Armas
Duelists:
Eugene Robinson & Erica Densmore
Niko Wenner & Al Groppi
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