When Mirel Wagner said " I got a big, big heart and lots of love, I got a big, big heart and lots of love, got a big, big heart and lots of love, I got a big, big heart and lots of love; and it's hard, and it's hard, it's hard, and it's hard, and it's hard, and it's hard, and it's hard, it's hard"
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come home, come home now
you know that's where you want to be
and time will bring you to your knees
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277: Mirel Wagner // When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day
When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day
Mirel Wagner
2014, Sub Pop (Bandcamp)
Title of this one makes me think of a joke my aunt told me when I was little about a kid whose parents tell him he can do whatever he wants while they’re away except open the basement door—after a bunch of rigamarole, he of course eventually does, and what does he see? Trees, the sky…
There is not a lot of that (or any) humour in Mirel Wagner’s music, but Cellar Children is hitting with me more on this listen than it has previously. An Ethiopian Finn who sings in unaccented English, Wagner’s spare folk blues brings to mind at various points PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, and Jack White, doing the kind of skulking olde timey murder balladry that really had a moment in the late ‘00s to early ‘10s (does anybody else remember the Builders and the Butchers?). The majority of these songs are no more than Wagner’s voice and acoustic guitar, and she is capable of transfixing without any talent show octave jumping or even raising her voice. She simply draws you in with her tone the same way you’re drawn in by noticing someone calmly staring at you from across the room, or catching a glimmer of eyes in the trees. I like it; for what it’s worth, my girlfriend loves it and demanded to know why I didn’t show her the record earlier.
As of 2024, it’s Wagner’s last record to date. But she did create an Instagram account last year, so perhaps we’ll hear more from her yet.
277/365
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spotify wrapped: 6, 26, 51? please and thank you!
Thank you!
6: "Oak Tree" by Mirel Wagner
26: "Glashtyn Shanty" by S.J. Tucker
51: "Mountain'r Lower" by Jessica Pratt
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The wave was not water but flesh and blood and bone / Came into me and out of me, forsaken every law
Father can you teach your child? Teach what love can do
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4,6,15,17 for the music asks ^^
Thank you so much for sending some! This means so much to me, especially this one, as I really love music and talking it.
Alright, let's do it now. :P
"4 - Song from your favorite album"
I confess I had never stopped to think about my favourite album ever and I realized that mine is probably The Heart of Everything!
With the following banger being my favourite song from it:
I remember this song being used a lot for AMV back in the 2000's, good old times!
"6 - Good song for writing"
I feel like this will depend a lot on what I am trying to write at the moment so I don't really have a concrete answer to this one but I feel like this song in special has inspired me more than any other:
"15 - Song you recommend"
I feel like this song deserves more love, the band is pretty popular but this song for some weird reason is not as known as I'd like it to be, it's my favourite song from the band.
"17 - Underrated song"
This is a master piece from Sahamara's voice claim that I wish could be more appreciated and known, this music has only 395k plays on Spotify.
I love pretty much all her songs, they all sound pretty spooky and she has a very mesmerizing voice.
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I was at a live concert by Finnish singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner once. She kept it extremely straightforward – minimalistic moderation
At one point all she said was
The last song was called “Death”. The next song is called “No Death”.
and continued playing …
queen
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Who is this creature
Crawled into my head, into my bed
I dare you to and you dare
Cause else it's the truth and that won't do
And your eyes are full of moon
They lit up the room
I bathe in the light
In the cradle of my bones
There is a grave for your soul
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finally. lawlight thesis statement.
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i already have several vids planned for when bones and all comes out and i can get ahold of a megafile of the film: “strangers” by ethel cain is the first one, then “the dirt” by mirel wagner, then “thoroughfare” by ethel cain again. definitely a lot more too, but those to start with<333
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Joe folds his clothes
& goes wading in
The birds are singing in the trees
They’re singing for me
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The hay moves slow
Where the road leads no one knows
And it's a hard and a crooked life
When you're a dead man's unwedded bride
Down by the road sits a man
Who's gray and old
Says the hardest thing I know
Is to see your loved ones go
Down goes the road
Where the wildflowers grow
There's a lake that's dark deep and cold
There I shall lay my bones
Down, down I go
Gonna lay my bruised bones
And the hardest thing they'll know
Just let go
Just let me go
The Road, Mirel Wagner
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It said dance with me 'till all the stars begin to fall, dance with me till there's nothing left of you at all
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Mirel Wagner, "Goodnight"
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