Case File 25/A-02

track 02: MID-WEEK CRISIS

 

A trip on the Dart (the suburban train curving the Dublin bay) on a particular dull Wednesday. The slow echo-filled section was recorded live in an ancient, very wet cistern at Quinta da Ribafria near Sintra, Portugal. We also recorded a video that explains it all.

LAVÍNIA: lead vocals, metallophone
TIAGO
: vocals, 1-string violin

LUCA: trumpet
PAULO: soprano saxophone
JEFF: Hammond XK3
FRED: acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, melodica, percussion, vocals, field recordings

 

LYRICS

"Wednesday's a non-day
The weather's unreal
Greyer wind, solstitial

Blandly awake by the
Bay of bright teal
So interstitially

Time to move on…
It's time to move on…

The waves are bright, the days as-is
Empirical, uncritical

Thoughtless day, in Howth or Bray
Sit with me and watch with me
Time-dark seas of entropy

So far past
Our prime


(Eternal day / No miracle / Time like molasses)

The Cistern - Quinta da Ribafria | The Cistern - Quinta da R… | Flickr
[The Cistern at Quinta da Ribafria - Sintra, Portugal]


Time to move on…
Magically by miracle to Thursday"