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Hour Of The Ox

by Katie Kim

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mstol
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mstol Amazing. Hushed but dark, a cold, bright spark on a moonless night. Both restrained and deeper than it seems at first. Favorite track: Eraser.
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gjgjg Shame it's not 24h long so I can just hit replay once a day.
Damn fine work
jgladden
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jgladden fantastic release! vinyl sleeve though promotes static and clings tightly to the record, trying to pull the record out can lead to scratches. i had to cut mine free and toss it which is a shame as the graphic treatment of it was really nice. wish anti-static sleeves were the norm, negligible cost difference with massive benefits to preservation of the media.
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alec Absolutely love some doom and gloom. One of my favourite albums of the year, the arrangements and production are just impeccable. Favorite track: Feeding On The Metals.
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Mona 05:02
MONDAY, WE TOOK THE SCRAPYARDS DOWN TUESDAY, WE BUILT A BETTER PLACE ALL ROUND AND WE LEARNED, WE LEARNED FROM OUR WRONGS, TOOK THE OTHERS HOME, DIDN'T WE? AND WE'LL DRIVE, PASSED THE RECORD STORE AND STOP FOR THE AVALANCHE COULDN'T WE? WE WON'T KNOW WHY, WHY WE LEFT ALL OF OUR MEMORIES IN THE DUST AND WE WON'T KNOW WHY, WHY WE SING MONA YOU GAVE UP EVERYTHING
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Eraser 04:56
WE'LL ERASE WHILE YOU HIDE, WHILE THE OTHERS MAKE THE CALL PLEASE PUT IT DOWN TO THE NIGHT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY WE'LL KNOW THESE WIRES ARE PICKING UP SATELLITE PULL AND THEY DON'T WANT YOU GOING IN WE MIGHT LOSE THE WAY QUIETLY WHEN WE DON'T HOLD ON TO ME AND WHO'S TO KNOW WE FOLD AT THREE BEYOND PURPOSE WE FITTED IN DOTTED UP FORM MY KNEES GO ALL QUEASY YOU MIGHT LOOK AT ME SO STEADILY "BECAUSE LIFE IS WORTH LIVING BABY", YOU SAID TO ME AND WHO'S THE LOVE WE FOLD AT THREE CALL IN THE LADIES, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE THE ONES WHO FALL DOWNSTREAM LITTLE GO BABY, LITTLE HEADS, LITTLE HANDS AND WE BELONG TO LOVERS TONIGHT, WE DON'T KNOW THE WAY IT WORKS YET PARDON ME AND PARDON YOU FOR I'M THE ONE WHO FOUND THEM TOO AND THEY TOUCHED HIS BELLY LIKE THE VULTURES LIKE TO DO AND IT BURNS UPON MY SKIN AS WE TEAR IT INTO TWO WHERE THE BODIES MEET THE SAND AND THE WATER CRUSHES GRAIN AND IT BURNS UPON MY TONGUE AND THE PROCESS STARTS AGAIN WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO
3.
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE IS THROUGH WORDS WE'LL DRAW ON, A COMPLICATED TRIM MY BONES TAKE LONGER TO BURN UPON THE FIRE MY CLOTHES ARE SOAKING AREN'T WE GETTING TIRED? WE GET ALL THE CREDIT SKIMMING FROM THE BANK ROLL IT WAS SO PATHETIC STARING DOWN A BLACK HOLE AND EVERYONE'S LEFT DREAMING BLAMING ONE ANOTHER ON ANOTHER LEVEL I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED THIS WON'T TAKE LONG TO TURN RIDDLED HEART MAKES MOTION PART BENEATH THE WIRE THESE HOLY MOUNTAINS TAKING US ABOARD LYING WITH THE NETTLES NAPPING UNDERCOVER WORSHIPING SOME VESSEL WAITING TO DISCOVER SOME MEANINGFUL END TO NOTHING ALWAYS CHASING STERN POSTS FEEDING ON THE METALS
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FUNNY LITTLE LEGS TWO ONE STEPS FAR AHEAD LIES TO MAKE YOU RIGHT AND TRUTH TO MAKE YOU DEAD WE ALWAYS HAD THIS LINE AND FOR THE MOST PART, WORKED SO WELL PLEASE TRY STAY THE NIGHT, CAUSE I WANT YOU TO AND THIS COULD BE YOU AND ME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BILL TAKING TOO MUCH TIME TO FIGURE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE TOO MANY RIGHTS AND NOT ENOUGH ROLLS TRIGGER THIS NOW I'LL TAKE THE BET GENTLE LITTLE BIRD THROWN AGAINST THE SKY PLANETS OVERSEE YOU AND ME AS WE SLIGHTLY COVER THE BLEED TOOK OUR CAR JUST TO SAVE ON SOME LIGHT AND IT WAS TRUE BLUE BABY TELL ME THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THERE TONIGHT UNDER THE SWELL OF THIS PERFECT VIEW AND THIS COULD BE YOU AND ME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BILL TAKING TOO MUCH TIME TO FIGURE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE TOO MANY RIGHTS AND NOT ENOUGH ROLLS TRIGGER THIS NOW I'LL TAKE THE BET I KNOW YOUR TOP SPEED CAUSE YOUR BODY FLIES LITTLE GIRLS IN THE GRASS LIKE TO CANONIZE STUPID JUDY ALONE ON THE BEND WE KNOW LIKES TO RIDE AND THEN BASK IN THE AFTERGLOW FOLLOWING YOU HOME
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SUDDENLY DON'T LIKE ME, SUDDENLY DON'T LIKE ME SUDDENLY DON'T LIKE YOURSELF LIKE YOU DID BEFORE THE BALL'S ON THE DASH DON'T FORGET LIKE ME, DON'T FORGET LIKE ME DON'T YOU KNOW YOU ARE A CONTRACTED UNIQUE DESPAIR THEY LOVE YOU THE MOST I DON'T HAVE NO PURPOSE YOU'RE WEARING SOME GHOST DRESS WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WHEN ALL MY TEETH GO FLYING OUT OF MY MOUTH DEEPER THAN TREMORS , DEEPER THAN DIAMOND ROCKS ALL OF THESE LOW BLOWS, WE KNEW WOULD TASTE JUST LIKE CHALK WE FOOLED THEM THE MOST NEVER TOOK SUPPER, NEVER TOOK CARE OF IT ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT YOU WERE PERFECTLY TIPPED NORTH FACING THE SUN WE'RE NOT GOLDEN CIRCLES YOU INTERACT WITH ALL MY CHANNELS WE GAVE YOU OUR CONDOLENCES WHEN ALL YOUR EYES WENT FLYING OUT OF YOUR HEAD TAKE A GOOD LOOK TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT DON'T YOU KNOW YOU ARE A CONTRACTED UNIQUE AFFAIR YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE MOST
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FORGOT WHAT THE POINT OF THE STORY EVER WAS BIG PHEONIX MY BROTHER MADE A BAND OUT OF GAUZE IT'S TRAGIC EVERY NIGHT HOW YOU BLOOM IN THE DARK SECONDS DON'T COUNT WHEN WE'RE WIDE OF THE MARK AND THEY WERE WAITING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET SHAME WE WON'T MEET THEM TO TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ALL GUNA DIE PICKING THE BONES FROM THOSE COALS IN THE NIGHT WE'LL TAKE YOUR JOURNEY RIGHT OUT OF THE CLIMB THICKENING CLOT PART OF A VICTIMLESS CRIME YOU WERE HOPING I WOULD COME TO MY SENSES
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Really Far 04:16
HEY WAIT MAY I WAKEN YOU LATE, FOR I MAY SLIP AWAY I HAVE NO WALL TO LEAN AGAINST TO THOUGH I MAY BE NOT GREAT YOU, MERRY BE YOU, WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH YOUR DOOR TO AN EMPTY ROOM HOLDING MY HEAD IN YOUR HANDS LIKE A STONE A LEAD BRICK OR TWO WOULDN'T MAKE YOU FALL DOWN, WAY DOWN AHEAD, WAY DOWN UNDER YOUR BED AND I SEE MY FRIENDS AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND I HOLD THEM SO CLOSE THAT THEY RUN OUT OF AIR AND I MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AS YOU WE ALL MAKE THEM WORRY BUT WE RAN OUT OF CLUES AND NOW WHAT IS LEFT BUT NOT NOTHING NOT A MAN FROM YOUR CLOTH NOT A MUMBLE IN YOUR MOAN OR A CHILD IN THIS CHAIR OR A FABLE GONE THROUGH NO NOTHING NOTHING LEFT THERE, MAYBE WE COME BACK MAYBE IT'S OK TO CRAWL BACK EVENTUALLY THEY SAID I LACKED CONVICTION WITHOUT A POSITION A CHEMISTRY A METAL BLAST A TICKLE AMOUNTING TO NOTHING A PROPER PUSH TO KICK THE WELL LIKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE A PANIC CRY A SILENT SONG THIS BOAT OVERTURNS WITH ME IN IT

about

Katie Kim announces her fifth full-length album, Hour of the Ox, on her own I Actually Like Music label.

"Hour of the Ox is a collection of quiet moments that began alone, in flow, that were then generously reconstructed and reinforced with TMT steel. A sort of time capsule recorded over a period of time that became a world within itself"

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released September 9, 2022

All songs written by Katie Kim.
All songs arranged by Katie Kim & John ‘Spud’ Murphy.
'Into Which the Worm Falls' arranged by John 'Spud' Murphy.
Recorded at home and at Guerrilla Studios, Dublin. Field recordings from New York, NY and Faithlegg, Co. Waterford.
Mixed by John 'Spud' Murphy & Katie Kim.
Mastered by Harvey Birrell.

Artwork by Gráinne Bath Enright.
Vinyl layout by Katie Kim + Paul Guinan

Katie Kim - Vocals / Synthesizers / Guitar / Bass
John 'Spud' Murphy - Vocals / Synthesizers / Bass / Supersonics
Kate Ellis - Cello
Shane O Brien - Violin
Sarah Grimes - Drums
Eleanor Myler - Drums
Radie Peat - Vocals / Bayan

Thank you Spud, my friends, family, Thom & Sean. Barry for all your hard work, blood sweat and tears.

This recording was supported through funding from the Waterford Arts Council and The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media as administered via the Music Industry Stimulus Package 2020.

Dedicated to Ken.

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Mood is central to the expansive musical landscape of Katie Kim. Darkened corners, icy atmospheres and hypnotic knife edge soundscapes. Piano chords stretch to infinity. Cinematic in scope and tectonic in delivery. A slowcore waltz at the bottom of the ocean, steeped in gloomy ambience. Tension tugs at the heart with this euphoric exploration into the depths of darkness and light. ... more

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