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Dead Forests

by Ali Murray

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**** ( Carpé Diem ) **** Of ethereal delicacy. *** Spiritualized, shiny, bright, celestial, clear, spherical, above ground. Brilliant album by Ali. great atmosphere, quiet songs but still powerful, beautiful voice, harmonious melodies, love it ... endlessly light as a feather. *** Thanks Ali ***
favorite track also: Dead Forests Favorite track: Purification (An Offering).
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Allister Thompson Murray is a prolific folk/ambient artist whose work never fails to impress with its emotional depth.
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1.
Dead Forests 04:17
Dead Forests Take the path to his grave Whisper the words and his name and leave the way you came... Take the reigns from within Sever the guilt like a limb and raise it high, like a flag to the wind... Like a tattoo on the skin... Block off the passage to light Summon the strength for the fight and bring on the vast unending night... Shadows blacken the tongue And the old will feed off the young We will never see the sun... Our day has surely come... But I'm here for you, I've always been He is nowhere, He'll never be Beneath the storm clouds and the rain Dead forests will keep us safe, for now...
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The Shepherd 03:40
The Shepherd The blessed shade of midnight hue And out the window she had flew The trail of feathers led to you Right through an open door... The perfect song was never sung A painting that was never hung I waited til our twos became one and both as one we fell... Now I walk on bloodied feet Through ruins and deserted streets Over the hills and to the sea The clouds are gathering... If the shepherd leaves behind his herd And sleeps beneath a blanket of fur His vision would begin to blur And this day will be his last day in this world...
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Morton 03:00
Morton I grew in your arms I lived in your body I never flew the nest... A shelter from rain With memories like mountains You'll haunt me to the grave... I'm leaving soon but I'll take you with me wherever I may go... I'm leaving soon I'm falling forever I'll never see you again...
4.
Village Bell 03:18
Village Bell The sound of their whispers Blood after blood Strapped to a chair Going nowhere... I don't want to lose myself here among the others Beneath the looming gaze no longer afraid... I'll kneel before no one and no one kneels before me I won't shrivel at their feet in sad defeat... Until the hair goes grey they won't take me away No coin in the well just the village bell to be heard...
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(instrumental)
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Christopher 02:30
Christopher In his hands he held a lifetime ago He walks away from everything that he knows Takes the muddy trail and never looks back at every teardrop in his track... In his eyes the light is still shining bright over the years he's kept the burning flame alive He buries both his hands into the soil and whispers a name...
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Death Comes Howling This life's a web We walk right in We've been ravaged by the wind Into this body falls the snow Some will linger and some will go... When death comes howling at my door When he comes riding from the shore Will I walk the line round every curve? or will I ride the flame and transcend this world?

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''spectral, misty bedroom folk...a darker, even more atmospheric release, trading heavily on bleak sonic landscapes and lonely sentiments...'' - The Modern Folk

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released January 11, 2015

This album was written, recorded, produced, engineered and mixed by Ali Murray on the Isle Of Lewis in the north of Scotland using home recording equipment. Mastered by Keith Morrison.

Dead Forests line up :

Ali Murray - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keys, percussion
Cory Newman - acoustic guitar
Luke Cowan - electric guitar, piano, bass, synth
Sarah Berry - violin

Artwork is an image still from ''Misère au borinage'' (Henri Storck / Joris Ivens)

Contact : alimurraymusic@hotmail.com

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Ali Murray Scotland, UK

Ali Murray is a songwriter/musician from the cold windy Isle of Lewis in the north of Scotland.

He writes and releases music under his own name, as well as dark introspective ambient music under the name The Lonely Bell.

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