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Thread

by Wise Woman

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1.
Fen Woman 05:00
Fen Woman Wild walks the fen woman She walks in beauty and in light Wild walks the fen woman A pocket full of shadows round, and round again Where the waters lie I will take a cup of tin That weaves the silver welkin in And now the light is wearing thin Will I awaken all my dreams and sins and times of asking? Are you the siren or the ship? Are you the siren or the ship? Are you the siren or the ship? Are you the siren or the. I will take a golden thread And bind it to the riverbed For now the stars are overhead Will I untaste the water’s loves and dreads and worlds awakened? Are you the siren or the ship? Are you the siren or the ship? Are you the siren or the ship? Are you the siren or the. Stir, the water stir And ringing in my ears a song and rising out of all the earth And in my eyes a blinding haze that blocks the sun And rising from the deep like Lazarus comes “Know that I am time and I will move the mountains, part the oceans, Be creation singing” Wild walks the fen woman Wild walks the fen woman Wild walks the fen woman To the light To the night “Know that I am time and I will move the mountains, part the oceans, Be creation singing” Wild walks the fen woman Wild walks the fen woman Wild walks the fen woman To the light To the night To the light I will take a cup of tin That weaves the silver welkin in And now the light is wearing thin Will I awaken…
2.
Lay Low 02:59
Lay Low I kissed you when you drew the world beneath a starlit sky I cradled you from earth to earth in clothes of endless flight I held you in the magnitude of all your father’s fight And watched the kiss of your undoing fly Lay low my son and calm the waters Lay low my son and see the day Lay low my son or wear these promises unspun Where’s the kingdom you have won? In worlds of futures come and gone they will a light renew On hallowed ground a face surrounded by the deepest blue They’ll sing a soft refrain that I had joy to see your pain When I would give my body and my blood to be there in your place Lay low my son and calm the waters Lay low my son and see the day Lay low my son or wear these promises unspun Where’s the kingdom you have won?
3.
Storyville 04:05
Storyville Smoke curls from the lips of the harlequin girl In a papered parlour on a red light row “Yes Sir, that’s a picture of my mother. She won’t let me stay, but she knows where I go.” And it’s warm tonight in Storyville A soldier and a sailor and a velvet thrill And these folks know where the good times go As a street car named Desire rolls, rolls down the hill. Wrapped in a frame sits the girl with no name Like a marble figure on a pedestal “Funny, I love the way you capture my body. Do you think that one day, Mr. B, I could hang on the wall?” And it’s warm tonight in Storyville A soldier and a sailor and a velvet thrill And these folks know where the good times go As a street car named Desire rolls, rolls down the hill. Then one day, Storyville was swept away For a red brick jungle and a Superdome But listen, and you can hear the voices of wisdom Carrying down on the wind to carry you home “And it’s warm tonight in Storyville A soldier and a sailor and a velvet thrill And these folks know where the good times go As a street car named Desire rolls, rolls down the hill…. Down the hill… Down the hill… Down, down, down…”
4.
River Song 04:53
River Song You say “My darling be patient for Rome wasn’t built in a day” You cry, and you’re ringing your hands while your holding the standard so high You say that we should be the change we want to make But I find once again am I on the defensive for your hurt pride For if were a river, will I run For if were a river, will I become? For if were a river, will I run… You say that I should be grateful for all these concessions you’ve made Sorry, should I bow? Be reminded when looking at them “look at where we are now?” I know we have to keep you comfortable and keep it slow But I won’t be afraid that I live in a state of unbroken, continually wonderful rage For if were a river, will I run For if were a river, will I become? For if were a river, will I run… Saddle these horses for I am done No more the vessel of a gilded man March to the sound of a beating drum no more the song of a gilded man March to the sound of a beating drum no more the song of a gilded man For if were a river, will I run For if were a river, will I become? For if were a river And if I am the river And I am the river Watch me run

about

"Thread" is the debut release from power folk four-piece, Wise Woman. Weaving together through mysogyny, magic and madness, from the East Anglian wildlands to the smoky underworld of new Orleans, these songs champion the female in folk. Expect lush harmonies and cinematic strings, one minute as warm and rich as a slice of fireside bara brith, the next a battle cry of Boudicca style rage.

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released November 28, 2022

Wise Woman are Anna Pool, Lydia Bell, Charlotte Vaughan & Maddie Cutter.
Additional Wise Strings are Anna Brigham, Sophie Belinfante & Francesca Gilbert.
All songs written and arranged by Wise Woman.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Dave Holmes at Lightship 95.
Mastered by Cicely Balston at AIR Studios.

Anna P: Vocals, piano, hammond organ, guitar
Lydia: Vocals, hand percussion
Charlotte: Vocals, hand percussion, harmonium
Maddie: Cello
Anna B: Violin I on tracks 1 & 4
Sophie: Violin II on tracks 1 & 4
Francesca: Viola on tracks 1 & 4
Dave: Shaky pot of rice on track 4

Photography: Melanie Gowie
Textile Art: Kitty Callister

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Power folk 4-piece.
Lush harmonies, cinematic strings and 90s girl power born out of the Welsh and East Anglian wildlands.

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