If you have ever walked for hours in the pouring rain, not knowing where to or why, drenched to the skin and imagining that layers and layers of you are eroding in rivulets streaming down, down, into the bubbling puddles forming in the street and down the sewer drains to who knows what distant darkness until nothing is left, then this song is for you, my friend.
Like all synthesized sounds on “The Season Came Undone”, the otherworldly snarls concluding Robrecht’s guitar solo were meticulously crafted on a modular synth.
“November” is short and bittersweet, the pinnacle of My Lament’s less-is-more philosophy.
lyrics
I loved you in November
When the stars were out
Now I’m walking in the rain
Dying to surrender
Within, without
Oh, I loved you in November
And all the world is green
I’ll sing for the sapling
Sing for the seed
The unbeatable slow machine
And I’ll walk all night
Surrender to the rain
Hollowed out like a castle of sand
Down the river into no man’s land
I loved you in November
When the stars were out
Now I’m walking in the rain
Dying to surrender
Within, without
But I lost you in December
An absolutely amazing album that reaches you to the bottom of the abyss. Gaia takes you by the hand, tells you that you're not alone in this, the pain is over, the misunderstanding of your pain is over and accompanied by keyboards, violins, acoustic guitars, cello and amazing vocals, she pulls you out of the disgusting mire of your mind and together you embark on a journey of melancholy, despondency, hope, pessimism and the seasons. tenebriscaedes
Oakland, CA quartet LYCUS return with a new album on Relapse Records. Heavy, epic, mournful, and replete with art by Paolo Girardi. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2016