https://deathandthepoetess.bandcamp.com/album/lucid-lockpicking
Weāre only two months into 2025, yet it can sometimes feel like weāve already been insomniac-style awake, sleep-deprived in a much longer, dark, dystopian, anxious fever dream. If youāve been feeling soul-wearily agitated, or doom-scrolling the news between jagged sleep bursts at night ~ this record is our ādirge wave,ā weirdeval musical offering for you. We wish to assist in profound rest, sacred release, and for you to feel safe and bolstered on The Journey.
I had surreal childhood experiences of night time and consciousness; lucid dreaming, hypnagogic light fractal visuals, and sleepwalking. With this EP I hope to share rituals, soothing/trippy tunes, and lightly intended sleep hypnosis induction/guided talk-downs āfor grappling with the vulnerability of falling asleep.
There are some āEaster eggsā from the songs my mother sang to me (check the track notes for āDancing Shoesā and āWolfyās Song.ā) We were influenced by The Brothers Grimm fairy tales, Ukulele Ike, Johnny Cash, Faun Fables, and the Victorian absurdist artist Edward Lear, whose poem āThe Duck And The Kangarooā we set to music.
On our prior five RPM challenge albums weāve oscillated between acoustic, folk instrument compositions as well as makingĀ extensive use of synth-orchestra embellishments, and psychedelic, digital pedal libraries. With *Lucid Lockpicking* we have aimed for a natural, āin house,ā solely acoustic instruments' sound. We hope you enjoy the album, may you sleep deeply whenever you do, and may you wake rested for your adventures, the continued unfolding of The Great Mystery.
GENRES: Dirge Wave, Weirdeval, Neofolk, Grimoire for Lucid Dreaming, Mind Palace Hacking, Twee Dark Ages, Ethereal Acoustic, Sleepy VaudevilleĀ
