Pride˙of˙the Valkyries

songs of love +
extraterrestrials

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Pride˙of˙the Valkyries

songs of love +
extraterrestrials

album numero dos, featuring:

Zireael

Extraterrestrial Highway

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album credits + thank yous

Zireael

what is this crazy place / it’s bending time and space

behind us closing doors / doors before us opening

yet here we are in the living bleeding now

Extraterrestrial Highway

then we spent those days last summer / in the shadows of the devil’s tower
mushrooms and beck’s mutations / practicing our close encounters

Australis

people tell ya that they saw the light / no more darkened days
but I saw it just the other night / when I looked the other way

Photo by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Wouldacoulda

woulda coulda
but even if i coulda, you maybe never woulda
but maybe just might coulda been fine

Tea + Scandal

legends begin and legends end / but legends persist of the rabble
from persnickety parlors of god-fearing women
to the wandering men of the cattle

photo by artem malsev / superimposition by winter

California Sun

i’m a passenger in this misadventure / someone else is dreaming the dream
the deeper that it draws me in, the foreigner i seem

One Note

though you’re gone now, i still feel you near
whispering some little dirty joke inside my ear

Frostbite

it’s up to us to cast our lights upon the breakers / show all peoples peace and love
because the time is coming when we’re gonna need it, as we render into dust

Fierce + Quiet Love

your spirit shines always through my eyes / your heartbeat echoes always in my veins

Real Life

don’t grow up and sell insurance

Credits + Thanks

deep in the darkest harrowing storm clouds,
galloping between relentless crushing thunderbolts
are legendary women
who ride fast and sing loudly
and conquer death

~

with supernatural grace
they soar through our bruising world,
summoning courage,
vanquishing evil,
and bestowing mercy
unto us all

~

if fortune’s kindness reveals
a valkyrie in your midst

thank her

Credits + Thanks

deep in the darkest harrowing storm clouds,
galloping between relentless crushing thunderbolts
are legendary women
who ride fast and sing loudly
and conquer death

~

with supernatural grace
they soar through our bruising world,
summoning courage,
vanquishing evil,
and bestowing mercy
unto us all

~

if fortune’s kindness reveals
a valkyrie in your midst

thank her

For my Mom, who taught me to play:

I am still very sorry about your smashed guitar.

Additional thanks: Cyndiloo, Amelia, and River, Reed Kempf, Curtis & Lisa Johnson,
Ken & Kathy Glynn, Rick Winking, Kamron & Brad Lookhart, Todd Eagle,
Shawn Kelly + Muddkikker, Mike Waldron, Chris Cunningham,
Kit Courter, Music Villa, and Erik + Ricki Kreis

Rest in peace, four Montana masters: Kelly Roberti, Brad Edwards, Ron Schuster & Joe Knapp
Thanks for the rhythms, laughs, and kindnesses

All tracks performed and recorded by Winter except:
guitars on One Note performed by Rick Winking
didgeridoo on Australis recorded by Glaneur De Sons, 30mhams
shortwave signals on Australis recorded by kwahmah_02 @ freesound.org
korean monk chanting on Australis recorded by bondegi @ freesound.org
tibetan buddhist chanting on Australis recorded by lepolainyann @ freesound.org
Ståchen performed by Cathy Dombrovske

All words/music by Winter except:
Fierce + Quiet Love (words by Catharine Dombrovske + music by Winter)
One Note (words by Winter + music by Winter, Curtis Johnson, and Rick Winking)
La Vie en Rose (bass riff on Australis) theme composed by Louis Guglielmi
Ståchen composed by Franz Schubert

Photo credits: Cover: The Getty Museum, Zireael: David Jackson. Extraterrestrial Highway: Miriam Espacio. Australis: NOAA. Wouldacoulda: JR Korpa. Tea & Scandal: Artem Maltsev. California Sun: Winter Z. Mirabella: Mi Min. One Note: Mitch Lensink. Bears: Zdeněk Macháček. Frostbite: Kirill Pershin. Fierce + Quiet Love: Madhu Shesharam. Real Life: Jeffrey Eisen. Sandhills: Cathy Dombrovske.

Also from Winter: Canyonlands (2019)

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