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**Ltd Gold Vinyl Edition!
THE KEENINGthe solo music project of Rebecca Vernonweaves a web of lush orchestration, American Gothic sensibilities and wintry murder ballads set against a backdrop of dark, shimmering folk. Vernons previous bandSubRosaechoes inTHE KEENINGschamber doom, flowing with flute, strings, harp, French horn, piano, organ and hammered dulcimer.
THE KEENINGnow present their debut album,Little Bird.An ultra-melodic foray into haunted bogs, endless wells, secret crimes, jeweled cages and the unenviable curse of being a murder witness abound.Little Birdcarries Vernons signature sounds throughout – deeply moving passages give away to cinematic, sprawling moments of chambered doom. Asdark as this sounds,Little Birdalso fills the air with a sense of magic and wonder – there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Largely composed at a retreat in Joshua Tree and a friends family homestead in Kamas, Utah,Little Birdwas recorded in December 2020 at Hallowed Halls in Portland, Oregon with Engine-ear Billy Anderson. Andersons long resume includes such luminaries as Melvins, Neurosis, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, High on Fire, Bell Witch, Amenra, Agalloch, Cathedral, Cattle Decapitation, Red House Painters, Sick of it All, Sleep, and Swans.
Anderson collaborated with Vernon and Witch Mountain drummer Nathan Carson as co-producers of the recording of the album. A host of Portlands finest session musicians lent their talents to Little Bird, including Andrea Morgan (Exulansis) on violin.Little Birdwas completed in July 2021, mixed by Billy Anderson and mastered by Justin Weis at Trakworx in San Francisco.
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