4 track 7" lathe single of concrete poetry, field recordings, electronics & improvisation recorded during lockdown March to April 2020. Limited edition of 26 copies..
Fear, frustration & furlough helped spawn this short collection of spoken pieces ruminating on stupidity, anger management, mortality & cheap flights.
Tara Bernadette Egan - voice, words, art
Richard Bentley - field recordings
Michael Somerset - wind instruments
Alan Gubby - guitar, synthesizer, production
Cut by ben soundhog @ Plastidisc.
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lyrics
They stack the planes
A minute apart
To bring them home
For every arrival
There's a departure
All day, everyday
Metal tubes full
Of pressurized air
Stale with the sweat
Of Business travellers
On their tiresome rounds
Of Hotel breakfasts
And conference room buffet lunches
Anxious fliers grip the seats
It's not the flying they're frightened of
But the sudden, unexpected, uncontrolled landing
Their final destination that thrills them
Joyful holiday makers
Head to warmer climes
Sandy beaches, clear blue waters
Sangria, Retsina, Sambuca
Returning, sunburned
Disappointed
Their garlicky breath adding to the stale air
A minute apart
They stack the planes
Metal tubes full of people
Coming home, going away
Travelling in discomfort
One
Minute
Apart
They stack the planes
To bring them home
credits
from ACTUALITIES,
released June 5, 2020
words copyright control 2020 Tara Bernadette-Egan
produced by alan gubby
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