Tracklist
1. From Gravesend 04:23
2. The Michaelangelo 02:51
3. The Witness 03:58
4. The Brave 04:34
5. The Dead 04:26
6. The Proximity of Death (Blue Eyed Boy) 04:01
7. Ghosts (Lest we Forget) 06:55
8. Blood 03:54
9. Remembering the Dead 04:43
Digital download of How the Dead Live. Comes with the e-book "Remembering the Dead" in PDF form (you can also purchase the .mobi file with the audio book of "Remembering the Dead").
New Zealand's pioneer history has many tales left untold. How the Dead Live explores the life of Susannah Hawes, one of New Zealand's first settlers, and her struggle with the character "History". Susannah left her hometown of Gravesend (England) and arrived in the experimental settlement of Karamea in 1874. The album is a tale told through the sounds and instruments of 19th century New Zealand. Featuring steamships, the clank of iron, voice and folk instruments. In teh album, History has been sent to track Susannahs 'ordinary' life and is irritated with the lack of battles and adventure in the lonely west coast town of Karamea. Susannah suggests, however, that maybe it is those who are overlooked by History who are really 'the Brave'.
New Zealand's pioneer history has many tales left untold. How the Dead Live explores the life of Susannah Hawes, one of New Zealand's first settlers, and her struggle with the character "History". Susannah left her hometown of Gravesend (England) and arrived in the experimental settlement of Karamea in 1874. The album is a tale told through the sounds and instruments of 19th century New Zealand. Featuring steamships, the clank of iron, voice and folk instruments. In teh album, History has been sent to track Susannahs 'ordinary' life and is irritated with the lack of battles and adventure in the lonely west coast town of Karamea. Susannah suggests, however, that maybe it is those who are overlooked by History who are really 'the Brave'.
"How the Dead Live" is associated with the book "Remembering the Dead" which explores many more pioneer tales, and is a coming together of folklore, fact and fantasy, and set in one of Karamea's forests, where the undead are said to walk at night, desperate to tell their tales to the living.
Reviews:
"...original, dark, and very, very powerful" - Brass Goggles (UK)
"Astounding; you can hear Susannah heartache and hear her tormented breathing... her lyrics are powerful.. the instrumentation excellent.. This album is nothing short of remarkable" Rip it Up (New Zealand)
“One of this country's most gifted, probing and intelligent writers. A dark, emotionally intense and musically arresting concept album... delivered in lean poetry and electrifying folk-noir. An impressive achievement” - Graham Reid, Elsewhere (New Zealand)
„Ein Juwel des Industrial Folk… verstörend schön. Man muss es einfach haben – nicht nur als Liebhaber von Dark und Industrial Folk sondern auch einfach so.“ Unser Lübeck (Deutschland)
“One can hear the centuries of tradition in her banshee-like vocals. One can literally hear the sounds of machines that were used at the time of the Industrial Revolution. Not only is this music hip, it is really very good.” - Dig this Real (USA)
all songs written and performed by Jordan Reyne, with live drums by Nick Clarke.
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