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At The Mill

by Blackbird Mantra

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1.
Everlasting Sky (Live At The Mill) 10:25
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A bright night An everlasting sky The everlasting night Came to an end Your green eyes Reflecting in my mind They made me think That we were on the mend Now I’m dazed Awaking in the shades The sunlight isn’t real It’s fake I was high Throughout the whole time Until you threw me down Without a sign Still I lay In flowering fields oh my I wished that I could Trust my eyes Blue shines the everlasting sky Where seagulls cry their everlasting why Blue shines the everlasting sky Where seagulls cry their everlasting why This warm summer breeze It blew my mind for weeks Yet colder then before I still wanted to adore Illusions in my mind Until them blew away And only left behind The memories of that time After walking endless miles Through The vastness of my mind I found this unsuspicious bridge That had been there for my whole life I didn’t see it the whole time
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Sisyphus (Live At The Mill) 06:20
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Tell me why you roll this stone Up that mountain full of bones A million here who tried the same The next round the same old game. It‘ s like a loop Always in repeat You take one big leap You fly, you fall, you break your feet, And you‘ re back on the same old Track. Tell me why you feel so lone, Sick and tired, scared to the bone, You‘ve lost control, you‘re falling down You curse, you cry, you‘re smiling now. It‘s like a loop Always in repeat Still you keep on creeping on Although there is no need Life‘s like a loop And you‘re a beautiful beeing When plain absurdity becomes Your symphony. Then you‘re back on this good old, Track. Like a loop In repeat…
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Tin Gods (Live At The Mill) 06:02
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It‘s been so long now, Since I‘ve seen the sun, Shining bright like, These lights and colors, Of our new messiahs. But to me they look like, Faceless actors, In a nameless play, Apostles of a brand new death, Today. Oh tin gods we have sinned, The sacred cow was skinned, With gold and silver filled, And on your face, Her shiny golden eyes were pinned. I almost managed to stand up, In this play of the utmost absurd, Tearing down these faces, Smashing all those windows, Scattering all those jewels, In the streets, In a dream, In a dream.

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With a new, live-recorded EP, Blackbird Mantra announce their return from the paralyzing Corona hibernation with a lot of feeling and groove. On "At The Mill", the Hamburg psych-rock quartet focuses entirely on the magical atmosphere that can arise when the four musicians dive live into their psychedelic and lyrical compositions.

In the rurally located studio "Die Mühle", of musician and producer Peter Voigtmann, the band found the perfect conditions for recording their live session in the summer of 2021.

The special atmosphere was captured not only sonically by sound engineer Michael Vögler (recording, mixing, mastering), but also visually by filmmaker Marf Mabo. The result, in addition to the EP, is a musical short film that condenses the nearly two-day session into a 27-minute live music dream.

The EP features "Tin Gods" and "Sisyphus," a distillation of Blackbird Mantra's 2018 debut EP "Riverside Bar" and their 2020 debut LP "High And Dry." But the centerpiece of "At The Mill" is their new song "Everlasting Sky." It is their most multi-layered song to date, combining all the contrasts and genres that make up their sound in just under eleven minutes of playing time: from lyrical folk-rock to groovy psych-pop to driving post-punk. "Everlasting Sky" is a transcendental journey that revolves around the theme of separation, drifting through a wide variety of emotional landscapes from grief to anger, to a redemptive new beginning.

Shortly after the recording session, things got emotional for the band itself. Drummer Helge left the band for professional reasons and moved to Zurich in September. After three months of uncertainty, he surprisingly decided to return to Hamburg. And so "At The Mill" is now released not as the end of a short band biography, but as an exciting new chapter, with the great hope of finally diving into their sound together with the audience again soon.

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released April 15, 2022

All Songs written and produced by Blackbird Mantra.
Recorded by Michael Vögler and Peter Voigtmann @ Die Mühle .
Mixed and mastered bei Michael Vögler.
Artwork by Nina Elizabeth.

Timo Grimm - vocals, guitar, keys
Thies Lingner - guitar
David Gradl - bass
Helge Schritt - drums

© ℗ 2022 Released and published by La Pochette Surprise Records
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Blackbird Mantra Hamburg, Germany

Psych rock quartet from Hamburg (DE) combining groovy psychedelia and nostalgic folk. In 2018 they released their debut EP "Riverside Bar" on La Pochette Surprise Records, followed by performances at the Waldstock and Skandaløs festival, support shows for Lewsberg, Darjeeling and Khana Bierbood, and the recording sessions for their debut LP "High and Dry", which was released on Nov 6, 2020. ... more

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