I’m quite picky about who I let into my brain these days. One person who has a full madness pass to my psyche, is Kali Malone. Her drone-heavy compositions tickle - but mostly soothe - all the right lobes, with long drawn-out notes and the (sometimes confidently, sometimes anxiously) patient patterns of her chords and progressions. She often performs on archaic organs with a specific tuning that feels otherworldly, from a beyond that is more real than the nearby. “All Life Long” is a vocal piece and the video is as simple as it is satisfying: a choir, a church, a conductor and Kali Malone standing quietly nearby, observing. The whole album is fantastic by the way, so I highly recommend splicing it into your playlist today.
Performed by Macadam ensemble.
Lyrics adapted from The Crying Water (1914) by Arthur Symons
O water, voice of my heart, crying in the sand,
All night long, with a mournful cry,
As I lie and listen, I cannot understand
The voice of my heart in my side or the voice of the sea,
O water, crying for rest, is it I, is it I?
O water, crying for the rest, cry like the sea
All life long
Cry without avail
All night long
As the water
All life long
Is crying to me
All night long
Cry without avail
As the water
Is crying to me
Water cry to me
All life long
