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Extended Play For My Sweet Mary Thyme

by Ghostbound

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j-kep Ghostbound’s cinematic, scene-painting style is really a wonderful thing all its own, and this is a gorgeous and moving EP. Highly recommend. Favorite track: Ada, Age of Eight.
Alex Decknadel
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Alex Decknadel Short and dynamic, this EP is a nice, easy listen. Favorite track: And We Are Already At Sea.
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Carlos Parlos (cp49) So glad to hear new music from these folks. A bit of a departure from their last album--at turns heavier, more experimental, and a dash proggier. But still stellar. Favorite track: For My Sweet Mary Thyme.
Kenny Mobley
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Kenny Mobley Completely unique and loaded with atmosphere. The music is great, but the singing pushes it over the top. Anxiously awaiting more music! Favorite track: For My Sweet Mary Thyme.
Mark Norgate
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Mark Norgate A gorgeous suite of songs that rolls along with the rise and fall of ocean waves, enveloping you with its shimmering layers and spiked with a dash of existential angst. Favorite track: And We Are Already At Sea.
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1.
Take me there… To the site of our grand Human failings As we are set adrift On a raft Made of our bones We are setting sail As we are pulled By the Ocean’s tide They will not find us there For we are already gone Guide me there… To the place where life Has no meaning As the wind blows through These sails Made of our hides For they are unaware That we are not to be found They will not find us there For our souls are not our own Oh no… Take me there… To the site of our grand Human failings As we are set adrift On a raft Made of our bones The seas are calm As your hand Is clasped in mine They will not find us there For we are already gone My love We will fly…
2.
Ada, age of eight Fell asleep in the arms Of an angel Nestled within her wings She dared To soar through the sky Those whom she would Leave behind Dared not look to the ground For she is not there Beneath her headstone She is asleep in the arms… Ada, age of eight Is asleep in the arms Of an angel She longs not For a safer place As she is carried over the haze She looks not to Highgate Warm is she In the arms of angel Flowers will sprout From her Father’s eyes She is asleep in the arms… (solo 1: T. Alvie) (solo 2: A. Head) Do you not see that star Blinking over the horizon? I swear that I could see Her smile Forming within that constellation And I swear that I can Hear her laugh Through the howling of the wind She is not within Highgate She is asleep in my arms…
3.
We judge our distance by the light of the moon In prayer that dry land will be in sight soon The crashing waves a grim reminder of our plight As our vessel moves through the frigid night Each of us is shackled to the rotting hull We the condemned few… …are rowing We and our oars are one with the wind To push our way through the howling din The rain beats down upon our brows With every heave our shackled arms will allow Our feathers plucked from our very skulls We, the damned crew… …are crying We are all tied to this foundering ship As salt and spume pass through our lips They pluck our feathers while we sleep To fend off nightmares of the deep We cannot soar like the gull The ship itself… …is moaning We open our mouths to catch the rain Our muscles wracked with aches and pain We cannot look towards the light Our sanity of flock of birds in flight They pluck our feathers in the dead of night We, the wayward souls… …are mourning The captain sneers, “Dry Land, I fear, is far away.” The captain sneers, “Dry land, I fear, is far away.” They pluck our feathers… They pluck our feathers…
4.
I cast off all of my worldly possessions I throw them all into the sea I let them be a boon for the vast oceans I give it all To my Sweet Mary Thyme
5.
Seaward 07:08
(instrumental)

credits

released March 26, 2021

All Songs written by Alec A. Head and arranged by Ghostbound
Lyrics by Alec A. Head
Strings arranged and conducted by Milan Kunder

Personnel:

Alec A. Head: Voices, Guitars, Orchestrations and Atmospherics
Talha Alvie: Guitars, Synthesizers, Orchestrations and Atmospherics
Noah Shaul: Bass, Orchestrations and Atmospherics
David E. Richman: Drums

Produced by Ghostbound and Nolan Voss
Drums recorded at ACME Studios by Rich Bennett in late 2019
Guitars, Bass, Voices, and Atmospherics recorded by Nolan Voss at Spectral Sounds in Brooklyn, New York
Additional Orchestrations and Sounds captured by Talha Alvie via Ghostbound’s Roving Interdimensional HQ
Mixed and Mastered by Nolan Voss

Artwork by Agam Neiman
Layout by David E. Richman
Inside Photo “Full Moon in Leo” by David Michael Hochwalt

Ghostbound would like to thank the following individuals:

Carolyn Zentgraf Head, Madeleine Head, Danny Katz, Hans Cools, Drew Hays, Andrew Nielsen/MC Lars, Alexander Rogers, Molly Phillips, Pat Mellinger, David Lanson, Jimmy Duke, Jason Sherman/Torrential Downpour, Don Anderson/Sculptured, Jason Walton, Gunar Olsen, Toby Driver, Jordan/Husbandry, Dean Rispler, dsb/Kosmodemonic, Jon Rosenthal, Eden Kupermintz, Matt Bacon, Keith Chachkes, Owen Rundquist/Anicon, Rennie/Starkweather, Johan Nilsson/Höstblod, George Pasles/Overlord, Ryan and Sarah Griffen Lotz, Jim Reed at World Tree Audio, Lev YS, Ron Ben Tovim, Rick Bruccoleri, That Drummer Guy, From Corners Unknown, Rock Hard Germany, This is Rock, Asty Agraz, Heavy Blog is Heavy, No Clean Singing, Dom Lawson, Young Theo Botaniste, Rich Chaffins/Agape Guitars, Andreas Schiffman/Prophecy Productions, The Alvie Family, The Shaul Family, The Richman Family, and anyone we may have forgotten.

Alec A. Head and Noah Shaul play with Black Harbor Sound strings and plectrums exclusively.

Vinyl and digital can also be procured through Red Nebula Records:

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Blackened torch songs exploring themes of life, loss, grief, wanderings both inner and outer, and the ghosts both friendly and vicious that hover beside us all. Ghostbound has one step in realms otherworldly and another on terra firma.

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