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No Shields

by The Orchards

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Gemini 03:25
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In Effigy 03:48
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Like Armor 02:08
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Martyrs 03:30
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Psalm In Me 05:37
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"A year and a day following the death of a person, the family undertakes to reclaim his soul from the waters of the abyss below the earth and to lodge it in a govi where it may henceforth be invoked and consulted in the event of illness or other difficulties and so may participate in all the decisions that normally unite the members of the family in counsel. Thus the aid of his knowledge, the disciplines of his moral authority, and the inspirations of his intelligence are reincorporated as a functioning force in the reality of his family's daily life." - Maya Deren, "Divine Horsemen"

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released January 1, 2008

Eric Schwan; Dean Thornton; Doug Milliken; Garrett Anders-Lauten; Mel Shapiro; Larry Henry.
Contains a clip of The Bread and Puppet Victory Over Everything Choir performing "Windham" at their Funeral For The Trees Service, July 2003.
Recorded in bedrooms, living rooms, and stairwells in Maine, 2007.

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The Orchards Portland, Maine

The Orchards were the songwriting project of Pennsylvania native Eric Schwan, based in Portland, ME and featuring a revolving cast of musicians adding orchestral and ambient textures and harmonies to his simple, folk-based songs. They released their LP, "Sing Birds, In Your Shrinking Woods" on Apohadion/Burst & Bloom Records with a final show on September 15, 2019. ... more

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