When the power went out with a finger click,
the whole of North Down went black and quiet
as a lake at midnight. Syrupy dim
flooded out of shadowed nooks and crannies,
filling from the floorboards up with murky
tenebrosity, sending you scrabbling
for candles, oil lanterns and portable
halogen torches: a glowing timeline
of ingenuity to pacify
your yelping daughter, afraid of the dark
lest it contained snakes or men made from teeth...
Poet Douglas Kearney and composer/producer/drummer Val Jeanty link up for a a compelling LP that feels like the written word come to life. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2021