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Ghost Gear

by Drunk at Your Wedding

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1.
An Unkindness of Ravens, a Murder of Crows I picture a gang of elk An ambush of tigers Robbing motorists on a highway In India or Finland Would you vote for a parliament of owls Or a coalition of cheetahs? Trust a conspiracy of lemurs? A wisdom of wombats? Would you submit to a charm of finches? Ask a rhumba of rattlesnakes for a dance? Could a gaze of raccoons make you blush? A cackle of hyenas? Have you ever set foot In a venue of vultures? Have you ever looked up To a tower of giraffes? Have you ever admired A pride of lions? A flamboyance of flamingos? Let a shiver of sharks rattle your bones Or a quiver of cobras A crash of rhinoceroses Sounds wild Like a fever of stingrays An unkindness of ravens A lamentation of swans A convocation of eagles And a murder of crows A business of ferrets A labour of moles A richness of martens A mob of emus An unkindness of ravens A lamentation of swans A convocation of eagles And a murder of crows
2.
Slow 04:47
Slow When I couldn’t breathe There was no one kneeling on my neck When I hear thunder It is nothing but thunder When my back aches It’s probably a weird sleeping position When my head hurts The pain’s mostly mild And my brain can’t cope With this variety of options It won’t rejoice But rather shut down And my hands will keep A maximum of three balls in the air Throw me another And I will drop them all And the dust in the corner It settles so quickly It’s already midnight Yet another day And the dirt on the window It gathers and gathers It’s already winter Yet another year I know that it’s late It’s not like I cannot read time Just my inner clock Runs at its own pace I should have been here 15 minutes ago I could have been here 15 years ago And I know I could do so much more Cause I know you do so much more But I’m not you I’m just not you I’m not you
3.
(Not the) Rat Put your shoulder next to mine Lock these hands, close the ranks We throw a shade, long and wide The light stays out We raise our voices Silence every sound Didn‘t we once mix our blood? I have your back and you have mine You made it here, all thanks to me You took this trust Then pulled it out You blew it It‘s only the rats That make their way out Always the rats That make it out The rats, the rats Come on now, drink it up Swallow hard, no questions asked You ought to feel a chosen one Out of reach Outside our law There is none Spoken Word: Your hand on my knee While I fixate the air They said it‘s okay Let‘s pretend it‘s not there A compliment, surely A crucial test Both passing and failing A weight on my chest So we‘re standing in line Take an oath in the snow Act like we‘re fine Quite a pitiful show Down the bottle in one And fight back the fears Till we cough and we vomit And fight back the tears At a layer this deep There isn‘t much life That can take the pressure And the absence of light To you, I‘ve sunk lower Than I‘ve ever been But you‘re wrong I‘m coming Up I‘m not the rat In this game (6x)
4.
Fight or Flight I‘ve been taking aim Missed my mark again But I‘ll shoot you down For a single sound That was funny, don‘t you think? Who would take the blame Being dumb, blind and lame? I can‘t play this game Never learned it right My mode is fight or flight I‘m cut free In a space without gravity, gravity I don‘t grasp The rules of harmony, harmony I‘m no good to you You‘re no good to me (4x) I‘m not, you‘re not I can‘t, you don‘t I can‘t, you won‘t I can‘t, you‘re gone
5.
Love & Riots 03:08
Love & Riots Love and riots Riots and love You pulled me from the rubble As sun shone from above We searched an escape route Planning our flight Constructed devices In the darkest night We boarded a rocket We flew to the moon Watched the chaos unfold In the spheres below Held unto each other Saw another fuse blow But the heat, it reached us Melted the stones Brought us tumbling down Rattling our bones Still, we kept our hands Our fingers entwined We embraced the struggle Threw our hearts in the fire Reached out around us As the flames rose higher Love and riots Riots and love Love is a riot A riot can be love
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7.
Ghost Gear 06:09
Ghost Gear Cut off, cut loose, off course Your mission is over Your hunting days They are long past You’ve become a roamer As merciless as you once were You did have your reasons Now you’re abandoned Set adrift You follow the seasons Your aimless journey Your tired state And this pale complexion Belie the power you still hold The force of destruction Today you take them One by one For no one’s gain Their end is slow Almost like yours But you feel no pain You’re not hunting You’re haunting (4x)
8.
Duties of the Wind (Emily Dickinson) The duties of the wind are few, To cast the ships, at sea, Establish March, the floods escort, And usher liberty. The pleasures of the wind are broad, To dwell extent among, Remain, or wander, Speculate, or forests entertain. The kinsmen of the wind are peaks Azof – the equinox, Also with bird and asteroid A bowing intercourse. The limitations of the wind Do he exist, or die, Too wise he seems for wakelessness, However/Forever, know not I. (2x)

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released November 10, 2023

Music & lyrics by Nina Töllner (Drunk at Your Wedding), except for 8 (lyrics by Emily Dickinson)

Recorded & mixed by Francisco "KB" Cabala at Magnet Reflex Studio, except for bass in 2, 4, 5 (recorded by Rachel Glassberg), guitar noise & ocean sounds in 6, 7 (recorded by Nicky Zunker), mixing in 6 (by Nina)
Mastered by Emanuele Baratto at Morphine Raum

Vocals, guitars, banjo, wine glass, kalimba, wind chimes, toy piano, glockenspiel, bass (1, 3, 7), additional percussions & drums (3, 4, 8) by Nina
Bass (2, 4, 5) by Rachel Glassberg
Drums & percussions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7) by Steffen Schlosser
Noise guitars & drones, field recording (6, 7) by Nicky Zunker
Vocals & shruti box (8) by Elspeth Anne Macrae

Photos & artwork by Nina

Thank you: everyone involved (!), Utz, Julia, Brice, Helen, Case, Hannah, Nico, Hywel, Patrick, Gil, Kitty, Ran, Daniel, Malika Alaoui, Sandra & Kerstin Grether, Madame Claude & Open Mic L J Fox, my family & all friends

In memory of Emil & Fussel

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Drunk at Your Wedding Berlin, Germany

Over the past years DRUNK AT YOUR WEDDING from Berlin has gone through different incarnations and set-ups. Currently, it’s a one-woman project with an electric guitar and songs that oscillate between grungy noise and folky picking, catchy tunes and dark tales, not always to be taken seriously.

New album "Ghost Gear" out now.
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