Aphonia

by Lykanthea

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'Aphonia' is a track from 'Migration,' Lykanthea's debut release and the first in a series of releases inspired by the 4,000-year-old Sumerian tale of the goddess Inanna. Over the course of five songs, it shares the range of personal revelations and challenges Inanna faces during a transformative journey to and back from the underworld.

Migration drops July 29, 2014 digitally and on cassette. For more info on the EP, head to lykanthea.bandcamp.com/about-migration.

lyrics

I waited. You robbed my tomb, wore my flesh as your shield, though filled with tears. Hearing your dream, your cry of guilt, a thousand hands led me to an island. Where the seas meet, they shape cities. They summon me. From stillness into motion, I'll push my boat from a grey shore. Veiled sky rotates, shifting, flaring. Marrowed armor at my temples, at my forearms, flashes upward.

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released July 15, 2014
Written, arranged, produced and performed by Lykanthea / Lakshmi Ramgopal.

Recorded by Brian Cook at Carroll Loft in Chicago, IL and Lakshmi Ramgopal at the French School of Athens on Delos, Greece.

Mixed by Brian Cook and Lakshmi Ramgopal.

Album art/design by Mary Roberts, photography by C.B. Lindsey, logo by CASSTRONAUT.

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Lykanthea New York, New York

Birdsong and lullabies.

discography

Migration

Jul 2014
Aphonia

Jul 2014
sundrowned

Jan 2014
Naked (single)

Jan 2014

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