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Ecdysis

by Alexandra Burress

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1.
River Snake 04:12
I am river snake coming your way Did I let you know let you know let you know I saw you in the hand I bit? You Echo and I Narcissus You Echo and I reflect nothing real You echo and I’m far from here You echo and I shatter everywhere You echo and I stench of perennial fear
2.
Pulverized 03:34
Softening up like a peach Holding me inside the leaves Am I young enough to taste sweet? You picked me You picked me From your bounty You picked me You picked me From your bounty
3.
In the Light 03:02
The man rolled the dice, spun a five Black dots alive The man spun her eyes silken white Water and ice The man said it’s time to die Take my hand, we’ll dance into the night No She’ll stay in the light
4.
Roller 06:01
Roller, I’ve seen you in my dreams I’ll know you once I’ve missed everything I didn’t see you like you thought I did I didn’t want to, I was just a kid What did I know then? Nothing, nothing, nothing What did I know then? Nothing, nothing, nothing Laid down in a bed of wool, you found me I surrender to her swarms, she’s calling Fingers first then hands then toes then nothing To be a thunder, shrieking woman, yearning What did I know then? Something, something, something What did I know then? Something, something, something --- Free, I did not know you well then Summer speaks and you came flooding Now I see summer was just fleeting I can speak, this bears repeating
5.
Membrane 04:54
Here I go ripping apart my membrane to make room for art What did I say? What did I say? Crawling the water’s edge I have not felt weakness in my knees Fold me inside their sleeves Help me remember this Cause when I forage states within I dry my bed to sleep and swim the pelago sea dreams I reach are far but oh, how they clearly conceive of baby skin and bobbing free A wisdom I once knew Centuries deep But now I don’t quite know the foam So I lay in bed to heal the fall You cut the cord at last my lord It was time for me to see...
6.
Softening up like a peach Holding me inside the leaves Am I young enough to taste sweet? You picked me You picked me From your bounty You picked me You picked me From your bounty
7.
Muse 02:41
You left the door ajar did I hear you say? You didn’t go too far I’m here to stay Came in like falling petals Everything is softly tethered Didn’t know That time, that time is long ago You came with a pause, or so I claim You know who you are so stay
8.
Cycles 04:13
Don’t you read about all the things you once shed? Don’t you think I know now You got me (you got me)? If I say the right sounds will your ear turn to mine? Lay me down to the ground. Tell me how I sound (how I surround). And you were just another one that passed me by so quick. What If I told you that this is just a part of it?

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A tiny stone plunging in the water - creating a small *tap* when it hits larger stones at the bottom of the pond. A snake rubbing its head against one stone to remove the old skin. Excess weight. Before the molting process, a snake will hide away and refrain from eating. A quietness must surround the body before the voices swirl inside of it.

Voices swirling inside the body. Nomadic - wild - restless - fleeting. I wish to express all feelings about this album in these words but they rest in these songs. The region of no words but senses. No sentences. Smooth baby skin is revealing itself with each new day, flaking off the mortal layer of the past.

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released July 26, 2019

Recorded and mixed by Alexandra
Seagull/ocean sample on "Membrane" and "She Turns to the Sun/Growing Pains" by Devon Rawlings
All other samples by Alexandra

Mastered by Sarah Register

Gratitude to Christina, JD, and Nico Burress for the unending support, 1st (2nd, 3rd, etc.) draft listenings, and providing space for me to stretch out my limbs and record this album for three months, Adam Howard for listening to Ecdysis' many stages with detailed, generous, inquisitive, empathetic ears and heart, Devon Rawlings for the centering conversations and standing alongside as a sister, Johanna Warren for creating a record label HOME for this one and so many beautiful artists and their releases.
Generations before for their artistry and healing, returning ocean tide for its relentless comforting, children for their lessons in freedom and pure creativity, and the swooping wind that cradles the bodies of many...for its song that is always worth listening.

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