Somewhere in the overlap of the world’s Venn diagram of “tomorrow” is tranquility. A fog, thick with the Eastern and Western sphere’s worries that we will or will not survive, respectively. And in the middle of it, a heavy static clarity. The smoothness between the blades of the double-edged sword. Pure, curious exploration achieving lift with the wings turned up. A formless chamber where every repetition is entirely new, sitting atop the weight of every stroke of binary from the master cartographer’s pen. Rereading the chapter about verse-chorus in history books, unable to comprehend its simplicity. Up here, the tradewinds are lit and guided by gravity-heavy synchronization pulsing from the moon’s luminescence. The fish have wings and burn like comets through the emptiness. Field Hymns rising from between the blades of grass, ascending through the holes in the atmosphere, creating invisible rings of silent sound, spinning like tape reels over the surface, casting magnetism outward and reeling it back in.
Temple Swords, the new Cane Swords album, is out now on cassette via Portland’s Field Hymns label. Stream the album’s last track “Le Synchroniseur Luminescent” below:
• Field Hymns: http://www.fieldhymns.com
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