FAWM: "Stolen Sun"

Stolen Sun

5 days ago by @ghob · @thob

Liner Notes

The end of harvest comes with the autumn equinox and celebration of Mabon on the #wheel-of-the-year.

@thob was riffing a bit on his Welsh heritage and researching the story of Mabon ap Modron, meaning "Divine Son of the Divine Mother". He's a central figure in Welsh mythology, famously known for being abducted from his mother, Modron, at only three nights old, later rescued by King Arthur to assist in a hunt.

The crossover of sun / son being stolen away was too good to ignore...

I have deployed my baby #baritone guitar on this (Jazzmaster with very fat strings tuned down standard B tuning)

Lyrics

Half light, Shadows grow,

Half night,

One last breath, We go under,

Thank you.

Comments

@robinleaf 5h

What a beautiful sonic landscape. I love the long lines of the vocals. This just feels like it is stretching out and settling over me like a blanket.

@abudabard12514 2d

Yeah man... That's what I'm talkin about. Love that thick bari tone tone.

@nancy 3d

So soothing. I really love this one

@thob 3d

🕯️🙏🕯️

@ghob 3d

I do too. Thank you!

@lbcsrw 4d

I love how the vocal anticipates the chord changes, and momentarily creates a bit of beautiful harmonic tension.

@rogerhammond 4d

It's a moody atmospheric take on a change in the seasons, although the chords give it an underlying positive vibe. I especially like the reverbed compressed kick drum/thud/knocking (something like that)... echoes of Vienna by Ultravox. Nice to hear a song kind of about Wales! (My origins are there too)

@ghob 4d

Thanks! I’d not twigged the Ultravox echoes, but I’ll definitely take that! Lots of fun putting this together, e.g symbolism in the choice of chords (alternating between light / C and dark / Am, Am winning in the end), and glad that you picked up the positive vibe… it’s literally a time of thanksgiving and bounty.