Sontag Shogun "plays Dawn Chorus" is out now!
Hey humans,
The world is terrible as usual and we are taking a break from heartbreak to bring you, well, a song about heartbreak (at least that’s how I interpret it. For the first time ever we are releasing a cover! We are reimagining Thom Yorke's "Dawn Chorus" from his seminal 2019 LP "Anima." As usual we took a minimalist masterpiece and developed it into full-bloom, weaving a wash of piano, the warmth of ebbing oscillator drones and a bed of ambient vocal backing to back the a (drier than usual) lyrical take of Yorke's original writings (with a 3rd stanza written by yrs truly)
We had been covering it live since Yorke’s version came out and it has really grown on and with us, to the point where we felt compelled to share it with everyone. The EP “plays Dawn Chorus” is the cover, an instrumental and re-interpretation of the song by our very own Ian Temple.
We also are blessed with a beautiful cover art from Stéfanie Auger-Roy (which is available as a limited edition signed lithograph) and crisp thoughtful mastering by Holosuite Mastering.
Thanks Thom for making a beautiful song we could play.