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Inevitable

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Inevitable, and the album, opens with hocketing in ⅝ – a singing style inspired by the music of the Bayaka, Baka, and neighbouring peoples of the Congo Basin, learnt through the singing of Su Hart and the recordings of Louis Sarno. Its lopsided time signature reflects its meaning; the dance between what feels inevitable and the moments that break the pattern; how life mostly follows predictable lines… until, suddenly, it doesn’t.

The middle eight – “broken open, open ocean holding all we are…” – mirrors the story of two billion years ago, when one single-celled organism merged with another, giving rise to the astonishing diversity of life. And yet, as the final line “I reach towards the sun” hints, our reaching beyond often ends like Icarus – with melted wings and a briney end.

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Inevitable, how inevitable
How patterns come around
How light comes before sound
Irrevertable the rolling ball will fall
Inevitable impenetrable wall

Pray what can I do what can I do with you
But cut it from your hair
The lion in your stare
I love you like I do x 4

Inevitable how inevitable
Drawn towards your light your oh so holy tights
Your silken silver tongue
I'm face down I’m undone
January bind
Be resolute, be kind

Broken open
Open ocean holding all
We are all x 3
Broken open open motion
Holding all
We are whole x3

Centrifugal pull
The sea is never full
Don't tell me what I know we have to let this go
Just press me to the floor and kiss me just once more
I reach toward the sun x 2
My wings become undone
I reach toward x 3

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from Light, released September 29, 2025

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Anna Ling Totnes, UK

Anna Ling is a Devon-based singer, composer and choir MD who self-produces and records DIY neo-choral, mythopoetic alt-folk from her yurt near the River Dart. Her music blends layered vocal harmonies, unusual rhythms, and raw, emotionally resonant songwriting. ... more

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