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The Body Moves, Pt. I (Melina Duterte​/​Jay Som mix)

by Demeter

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Monster 04:21
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In her the water In her the weathered stone She's woven her dreams in a braid It seems that she's got nothing to prove In him the earth In him the rolling road He's taken his fears to the fire, dear and he's got nothing to prove Choose your monsters well for you use them recklessly Honor the arches Honor the fallen brave They've taken their rest They've given their blessings Saying we've got nothing to lose We've got nothing to prove
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Mountain or a Man 05:03
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My father tells me that he only ever painted illusions in his mind. He tells me the images which people saw were never really what he made Were something from inside of them projected out and on the canvas He tells me that the landscape in his bedroom really is a woman In the mountain lay her reclined body In the pine trees feathered black against the ice - her hair And somewhere, just above the riverbank that forms her feet, a child wades through the reeds Tundra blue, black and white, The lighted eyed dark Irish of my mother and my sister In the lake, the sun, the early dawn, the new snow, the new start Later - before bed - I pull up all my memories I wonder what I apply onto my father's image I ask if the abstract is more honest than the real and does my sight show me a mountain or a man? New dawn, new day, new start
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October 14th 02:54
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Why wouldn't I feel at home with you? Why wouldn't I stay awhile, stay awhile?

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Recorded in Elizaville, NY - September 2020

We drove upstate in the early fall of 2020 to record ideas we had played live for a year or so. There's a kind of tired peace in the photos from that week. We'd been in survival mode for so long and had each experienced an endless ocean of tragedies, changes, and self-revaluations. Being together safely felt like a deep breath. It made a little bit of life apart from space and time, and the music reflects the thoughts we were having, I think. Revolution - outward, inward. Introspection. Growth. Trust. Change. Patience. Love. Heavy and clear like water.

When it came time to mix, Andrew Sarlo connected us to the wonderful Melina Duterte, also known as Jay Som, an artist we look up to and admire so much. With Melina, it was pretty apparent that in her, we'd found a richness of sound and an understanding of storytelling that was immediate and brilliant. It's truly a privilege to work with her. We couldn't believe our luck, and it's a joy to make and share music with you all.

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released November 18, 2022

Mixed by Melina Duterte/Jay Som, Ian McNally, and Daniel Bloch
Mastered by Idania Valencia at Sterling Sound

Demeter is Kate Rivera, Ian McNally, Daniel Bloch, Tim Bustle, and John Mason

Written by Kate Rivera (ASCAP)

Album art by: Daniel Weiner IG @repeatart & Kate Rivera

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Demeter Brooklyn, New York

New York - word rock - 2017

photos by Sara Laufer (IG: @sarlauf)

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