THE TOWER - ARCANA EP

Dearest Demons,

The final song from ARCANA. 

Is there anything more terrifying than drawing the Tower card in tarot?

In Cath's words: 

I love how dramatic and powerful this card is! Often misunderstood as solely a card of destruction, for me it embodies those life-altering moments that shake us to our core, forcing us to rebuild from the ground up. Though difficult, these are the moments that offer us the chance to grow and become stronger. I've always been drawn to that idea of burning something to the ground so that the new can rise from the ashes (The Tower was one of the thematic influences when writing my single 'Fire Song'). Musically, we wanted something fast and chaotic and dramatic and loud. This song has the most going on in terms of instrumentation, structure, and rhythm. My favourite bit is the outro where Mishkin and I play different rhythms against each other, creating this chaotic sensation of the ground getting swept away from under you and having nothing to anchor yourself to. We hope you enjoy the weirdness.

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This song was a very fun one to construct because it was totally mad. From the opening riffs to the ridiculous guitar screeching solo that breaks through before it goes into a metric modulation of contrasting drums+pianos, we loved every minute and had a lot of fun adding every layer. We hope you enjoy listening to it. It is pure chaos in a song.

Here are some lyrics...

THE TOWER

Revelation

I have waited all my life

For a storm to

Split the sky, and blind with light

Bring me danger

A triumph for awakening

Years of hunger

Bruising deep beneath my skin 

Never enough to kill me

As I run to the tower

In the chaos, in the distance 

I can see a star

In one life,

I played inside the lightning clouds 

Now I fear the desires I can’t speak aloud

Life is a subtle poison

To keep us aground

Tired and beaten, but I run to the tower

The air I breathe 

Becomes the wind that blows

From embers to a flame 

I climb the fallen stair

Hitt each step with a sigh

The power from my prayer

holding through this fight

And I see it now, through the burning cloud

And the smoke it stings my eyes

And I wished it, and I needed it

A storm so wild it scorched the skies

And the suffering from my tears

Drowns me

As my tower crashes down

And I’m laughing

And I’m screaming

As the flames fall all around

DOWNLOAD SONG

So this brings us to the end of the four track EP. You can download all the songs here, and pretty soon I'll have a shiny master version for you all.

Thank you so much for helping us to create, and fund this collaboration project! I'll look forward to sharing it with the world.

Now, I must give credit where credit is due...

Catherine Elms - vocals, pianos, silly questions

Mishkin Fitzgerald - vocals, pianos, synths

Garry Mitchell - double bass, production (Hermit)

Third Bloom - synths, beats, production (Priestess)

Phil Johnstone - Electric Guitar (The Tower)

Sit-Down-Simon - Bass Guitar (The Tower)

Dan Brown - Drums (Ruin, The Tower)

00 The Man In The Shack - Mixing & Production (Ruin & The Tower)

See you next month! From now on we will be releasing THE SONGS FROM HEX. 

Thank you for being here.

Love & Feathers,

Mishkin x