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Bedtime Briar

by Boreal Sons

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i. Spin 05:06
What is it now, oh friend of mine? You whimper in your sleep. You dream of other worlds again And whisk away on zephyr winds To deeper hidden places in your mind, To hideaways and mountain passes Where wallowing in summer grass Is just your soul embarking through the night. But how should I presume to know Your consciousness, your dreams? We thought your thoughts were nothing more Than tattered rags and hardwood floors, The burrows that you build from what you find. But oh, what depth inside of you To think that you’ve been dreaming too Of every star in every rusty sky.
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ii. Shake 06:23
So we drank deep of the sun, How it dripped like nectar on our goblet tongues, And trickled down our icy throats To warm us in the hollow of our bones Keep me blind enough to see Keep me dumb so I can speak And I heard you after dark As you hummed the muffled chorus of your heart, And I heard your sleeping song As you etched some ancient script into the lawn. Keep me blind enough to see Keep me dumb so I can speak Do you hear me when I call? Do you know yourself at all? You’re the hummingbird I caught, The fledgling thing I’ll keep till it flies off, And when your daisy dreams are spent You’ll wake with clouds of pollen on your breath How the waking life deceives Hides the truth in all our dreams Do you hear me when I call? Do you know yourself at all? Domesticated, we fill our eyes with halogen And watch projectors spit out copied images. Fleeting shadows flit on cave walls of the mind Our flickering silhouetted cinematic lives We’re stowaways inside our heads, We’re sleeping animals We blink, we speak, we know our names But we can’t explain ourselves. We’re runaways on broken legs Crippled automatons, We brace our bones, we splint our steps, But we’re aimless all along.
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iii. Stop 02:50
Fang or tooth, leash or noose, Fence around the yard or a cell? Is this what you’ve settled for, A thicket of thorns for a bed?
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iv. Stay 02:28
What fault have you found in me, That you should cower in the dark? Retreat to your cage again, I will leave the bars unlocked Always I have called you, I can wait Until you learn to hear your name Until the chasms in the floor Won’t boast their blackness anymore Shake off the grass and sand and leaves Lay down your head on my knee Take off the snare from ‘round your throat Mine is the only voice you’ll know

about

Bedtime Briar was first inspired by the imaginary dream-life of a beloved pet. More specifically, a dog named Briar, who's been a close friend of ours for some time. It seems obvious that dogs dream, but is their dreaming anything like ours? As the album began to take shape, we ended up using questions like this as a sort of creative springboard into an exploration of consciousness, reality, and identity in general. In a linear narrative that travels through different musical landscapes, we wanted to capture the swiftly changing nature of a dream, culminating in a nightmarish awakening and ending with a lullaby. It brings us great excitement to finally share this new project with you, and we want to sincerely thank you for supporting us and listening to our music.

credits

released April 21, 2012

Boreal Sons are:

Evan Acheson - vocals, piano, keyboards

Reagan Cole Mclean - bass, additional vocals

Blake Enemark – electric guitar

Zach Schultz – drums, percussion, additional vocals

Additional Musicians:
Julia Wakal - trumpet, flugelhorn
Megan Feniak – vocals
Danny Costello – moog synthesizer

All songs written by Boreal Sons

Produced by Zach Schultz and Boreal Sons

Recorded by Zach Schultz

Additional Engineering by Cam Tatham and Cameron Berlie

Mixed by Paul Boechler at Fader Master Sound Studios

Mastered by Brock MacFarlane at CPS Mastering

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Boreal Sons Calgary, Alberta

Cinematic and intimate with a distinct lyrical poetry, Boreal Sons drift between Sublime Art-Rock and Experimental Pop, as rippling backgrounds of scuzzy bass, intricate percussion, and whirring electronics ebb and flow in alluring instrumental arrangements - the voice of Evan Acheson a common thread running throughout, tying everything together. ... more

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