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Dear Sienna

by Aerialists

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Cha dìrich mi bruthach 'S cha siubhail mi mòinteach Dh' fhalbh mo ghuth cinn 'S cha seinn mi òran Cha chaidil mi uair O Luan gu Didòmhnaich 'S mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh 'Tighinn fo m' ùidh Mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh 'Tighinn fo m' ùidh Is truagh nach robh mise 'S an gille dubh ciar-dubh 'N aodann na beinne Fo shileadh nan siantan An lagan beag fàsach No 'n àit'-eigin dìomhair 'S cha ghabh mi fear liath 'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh Cha ghabh mi fear liath 'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh Dh' òlainn do shlàinte A ghille dhuibh chiar-dhuibh Dh' uisge dubh a' loin Cho deònach 's ge b' fhìon e 'S ged tha mi gun stòras Tha nas leòr tighinn gam iarrraidh Cha ghabh mi fear liath 'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh Cha ghabh mi fear liath 'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh Mo ghille dubh bòidheach Ge gòrach le càch thu Dhèanainn do phòsadh Gun deòin do mo chàirdean Shiubhlainn leat fada Feadh lagan is fhàsach 'S cha ghabh mi fear liath 'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh Cha ghabh mi fear liath 'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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Dear Sienna 04:11
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Jag vill häpnas Jag vill bli hänförd av dig Förförd, skakad Förförd, skakad och berörd Jag vill häpnas Jag vill bli hänförd av dig, förförd av dig Jag vill dricka vatten Jag vill släcka törsten Jag vill sänka ned mig i dig Jag vill dricka vatten Jag vill släcka törsten Jag vill sänka ned mig i dig Och släcka törsten i dig Jag vill bli hänförd Jag vill bli hänförd Jag vill bli hänförd Förförd Förstörd av Dig
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Did you try to ruin my Outlook on the by-and-by For a week, couldn't sleep Stayed up tossing every night Looking for the lesson in the meaningless And never learning anything Looking now I see it looking back at me The lesson in the losing
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Jigs 04:16
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Orchard 03:30
The orchard was always there Overgrown When you entered bog met you to the knees But when you shoved the bracken back There was a branch, a little branch And the bud of an apple
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credits

released January 10, 2020

Elise Boeur fiddle (2-11), bg vocals (7, 10)
Màiri Chaimbeul harp (1-9), lead vocals (2, 10), piano (8, 10), Rhodes (3)
Adam Iredale-Gray guitars (2-11), fiddle melody (6), harmony fiddle (9), bg vocals (10)

with

Jake Jenne drums & percussion (2, 3, 5)
Charles James electric bass (2, 3, 5)
Justin Ruppel drums & percussion (4, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Wynston Minckler electric bass (4, 7, 8), upright bass (9, 10)

featuring

Isa Holmgren vocals (4)
Taylor Ashton vocals (7)

All arrangements by Aerialists (Elise Boeur, Màiri Chaimbeul, Adam Iredale-Gray)

1. THE ROPE IS THE WORLD (INTRO) Adam Iredale-Gray
2. AN GILLE DUBH CIAR DUBH Traditional Scottish
3. DEAR SIENNA Elise Boeur
4. JAG VILL music Isa Holmgren, lyrics Liv Edor Egenklöw
5. QUE FORTE DIAMANTE John Williams
6. THE ROPE IS THE WORLD Adam Iredale-Gray
7. LESSON IN THE LOSING Aerialists and Taylor Ashton
8. JIGS: THE ROCK ON THE CLYDE Bobby MacLeod, PAIDÍN Ó RAIFEARTAIGH traditional Irish
9. RAKLEKJØLKIN traditional Norwegian
10. ORCHARD music Màiri Chaimbeul, lyrics Angus Peter Campbell
11. THE ROPE IS THE WORLD (OUTRO) Adam Iredale-Gray

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray
Recorded at Fiddlehead Studios on Mayne Island, BC and in Toronto, ON in January, August, and September 2019

Track 4 vocals recorded by Isa Holmgren in Gothenburg, SE
Track 7 vocals recorded by Alec Spiegelman at The Chamber Of Commerce in Brooklyn, NY

Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
Cover art: “Sympatheia” by Lydia Fu

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Aerialists Toronto, Ontario

Aerialists combine prog-trad compositions and re-imaginings of traditional material in a deft balancing act of new and old. The music is ethereal yet precise, technical yet visceral, and every song feels like a new beginning.

They garnered a 2019 JUNO Award nomination for Group Manoeuvre, and 2020's Canadian Folk Music Award-winning Dear Sienna digs deeper into their distinctive neo-folk sound.
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