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Highwaymen in Midnight Masks

by Birds Of Passage

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quiet now, oh listen now i hear its thrill in every bone ghostly face, painted lips divine kiss. life was never crazier and i was never lovelier and highwaymen in midnight masks would whisk me away. sweep, sweep me off my feet carefree in that dress, waiting in the silence, i would be your moonlight Bess. quiet love, oh listen, love, i feel its thrill in every bone, wait between the shadows for a pair of pretty eyes. life was so much crazier and I was so much lovelier and highwaymen in midnight masks whisked me away, sweep, sweep me off my feet, take me to your hidden hollow on the hill, make me your highway girl. highwayman, i'm riding nigh 'midst midnight's trees and devil's sky, watch between the shadows for a pair of desperate eyes, sweep, sweep me off my feet take me to your hidden hollow on the hill, capture me your highway girl.
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and as i slept he sketched me and drew blood and as he drew he sang a forbidden love and i rose to rekindle the flame but his star in me burnt to a cinder of shame
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and so i will give you no further grasp. did you think your fingers would get to my heart? well you'll not decide now my essence to burn, though the light in me's broken and i've still so much to learn. and i demand you put on your clothes, come down from there. your pedestal's crumbled beneath you. and i demand you don't look at me, how dare you imply, did you think it would be that easy? and so i will give you no further grasp. you have your fingers and i have my heart.

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In line with the WINTER LADY release, Denovali Records will release HIGHWAYMEN IN MIDNIGHT MASKS as a 10’’. On the B-side: ‘i have my heart’ and ‘forbidden love’, a collaboration with prolific artist AIDAN BAKER (NADJA, INFINITE LIGHT LTD.). The track juxtaposes Alicia's harsh distorted guitars, with an ethereal flute drone courtesy of Baker. This unassuming contrast of polar opposites has visceral consequences: Alicia's signature vocals sit on top, telling a
story of a dark love a­ffair, while Baker's vocal sits below - reduced to an ambient texture. The result: a 'Gregorian Chant' for fans of acid drenched drone, a 'Post, post-rock' love song of epic proportions, a lyrical journey of exploration in to the philosophical depravities of The Marquis de Sade.

Mastered by NILS FRAHM.

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released December 17, 2011

All music produced by Alicia Merz, except 'Forbidden Love' produced by Alicia Merz and Aidan Baker.

Released by Denovali Records (CD/LP), and Sweat Lodge Guru (CS)

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Birds of Passage

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lo-fi, minimalist, ambient artist in voluntary exile since 1985

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