Video: Eiyn Sof ‘Orchard’

Check out the magical animism of Ellie Anglin‘s animated short for Eiyn Sof‘s tune ‘Orchard’. The stop-motion adventures of an owly priestess perfectly captures the dreamy, earthy mood of album Meadow Thrum from which the ditty originates.

Meadow Thrum releases at 6:28 AM (EST) on the 20th of March, the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere for 2017. Pre-order it HERE.

EIYN SOF: Meadow Thrum

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At 6:28 AM (EST) on the 20th of March, the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere for 2017, we’re releasing Meadow Thrum by acid-folk practitioners Eiyn Sof. The creation of Melissa Boraski, Eiyn Sof delves deep into the mushroom laden undergrowth of mystical forests of the mind.

Purchase via Bandcamp.

As a teen Boraski sang contemporary gospel in charismatic evangelical church before defecting from church and faith to the Toronto music scene in her early 20’s. The birth of a child in 2008 prompted recording at home and self-releasing on the Springskull label. She released Bloodstreams on Rick White’s Blue Fog label in 2011. The albums Black Thread, Louise L’Amour/Cowgirl Slop Pop, Nightrifting followed on Springskull in the following years.  And the autoharp-based Chthonic Tongue was released on Ur Audio Visual in 2015. All recordings, including Meadow Thrum, are primarily solo with the exception of the occasional guest. The Eiyn Sof live formation has morphed constantly since 2008.

Boraski on Meadow Thrum:
“It’s a murmuring attempt at animating an imagined landscape, and all manner of anthropomorphic entity within. I’ve been thinking of this album as druidic lore-play; it’s some pretty decadent fantasy. Hyper visual and hyper surrealistic, as far as lyrics are concerned. Threading in a lot of ’irreverent’ and intentionally loose percussive and organic sounds among more careful and familiar melodic stuff, which is gently reflective, I think, of the overarching concept and heart of the thing: play between two worlds. Above/below.

Sound: a whole lotta sprawling polyphonic vocal stuff, including a small men’s chorus, droning, and percussion using throat, tongue and breath. Lots of table-tapping, hairbrush-bristles-on-paper, jewelry jangling, and some cutting and pasting of found battle sounds (swords clinking, drop-kicks, etc.)  And of course, analog synth (Juno 60) and piano, acoustic string instruments (toy guitars, autoharp), electric bass, and bird song- mostly cardinals, robins and grackles.”