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Written in Copenhagen in spring 2019, this song reflects the oversaturation many of us are experiencing through our use of digital media and the loss of connection with the natural world. The featured player on this track is Anton Hunter whose John Zorn-esque playing underpins the song with an otherworldly and hypnotic trance of layered sound - all recorded in one pass using real time effects manipulation. Anton is gun-for-hire guitarist / effects wizard for Beats & Pieces Big Band as well as being a well-respected artist in his own right. His solo album Article XI was released in 2018.

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Deafening Sound of Stars

Taint how it used to be
Do you recall a summer without rain
Taint how it’s meant to be
Look at it all and tell me why

Why all the good escapes
and all the bad remains
why there’s no single place
where an untouched flower remains

Taint all we’re meant to say
falling on deaf ears
like the prayers they pray
Taint all the world that’s wrong
But how can you hear
When everybody’s talking all at once?

And all the good escapes
and all the bad remains
and there’s no single place
where an untouched flower remains

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Taint all the world can see
You and I
We were meant to be
Hope there’s a place of silence soon
Where the good in you
can find the good in me

And let them go their way
where they go anyway
but let your heart be soil
where the forest grows
And when the peace resides
somewhere behind your eyes
The deafening sound of stars
Doesn’t keep you awake

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from The Deafening Sound of Stars, released October 11, 2019
The Deafening Sound of Stars
Kirsty McGee - voice, guitar, bass flute
Phill Howley - drums
Sam Quintana - double bass
Anton Hunter - electric guitar, effects
Barkley McKay - dulcitone

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A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more

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