1. Music
  2. Merch CDs & More
  3. video
  4. Community & News

EARTHLORE

by Laura Cannell

supported by
Ron Hogan
Ron Hogan thumbnail
Ron Hogan The vibes are strong with this one. The dirge in the middle is a truly haunting centerpiece to the album. Favorite track: Lyke Wake Dirge.
bwhaggar
bwhaggar thumbnail
bwhaggar Always up for a bit of 'Lyke Wake Dirge', and this is a good one. Favorite track: Lyke Wake Dirge.
Kroagnon
Kroagnon thumbnail
Tim J L
Tim J L thumbnail
pqjd
pqjd thumbnail
Diasporic_Dónal
Diasporic_Dónal thumbnail
prozacboi
prozacboi thumbnail
turquoisesun
turquoisesun thumbnail
GTP
GTP thumbnail
remotecore
remotecore thumbnail
nO1SEj@ZZ
nO1SEj@ZZ thumbnail
Flipdog
Flipdog thumbnail
musicalsophistic
musicalsophistic thumbnail
drew-id
drew-id thumbnail
Robert van den helm
Robert van den helm thumbnail
Teej
Teej thumbnail
Salvador Limones
Salvador Limones thumbnail
uncleabsinthe
uncleabsinthe thumbnail
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson thumbnail
LunarTunes
LunarTunes thumbnail
DJ aKimbo
DJ aKimbo thumbnail
Dave Broom
Dave Broom thumbnail
JWilson
JWilson thumbnail
Gavin Sheedy
Gavin Sheedy thumbnail
Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne thumbnail
NJ Greenwood
NJ Greenwood thumbnail
nik taylor
nik taylor thumbnail
Adam Bowie
Adam Bowie thumbnail
hedgysaur
hedgysaur thumbnail
Bernie Brooks
Bernie Brooks thumbnail
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher thumbnail
Mark Waters
Mark Waters thumbnail
Nic Barnard
Nic Barnard thumbnail
Russell Bray
Russell Bray thumbnail
Richard Kingston
Richard Kingston thumbnail
manglewurzzel
manglewurzzel thumbnail
GRAEME WARD
GRAEME WARD thumbnail
martiensgohome
martiensgohome thumbnail
greenwood52
greenwood52 thumbnail
ContentOak
ContentOak thumbnail
Anthony D'Amico
Anthony D'Amico thumbnail
John Madsen
John Madsen thumbnail
wj009
wj009 thumbnail
Lauren Bufferd
Lauren Bufferd thumbnail
Jesse Connolly
Jesse Connolly thumbnail
James Watson
James Watson thumbnail
Bruce Davenport
Bruce Davenport thumbnail
johnnypurplehaze
johnnypurplehaze thumbnail
andrew b
andrew b thumbnail
thetasigma68
thetasigma68 thumbnail
Kate Laity
Kate Laity thumbnail
Russell Garrett
Russell Garrett thumbnail
Simon Harper
Simon Harper thumbnail
Paul Howard
Paul Howard thumbnail
Luke Heiken
Luke Heiken thumbnail
thetransitboard
thetransitboard thumbnail
JeffCarv
JeffCarv thumbnail
denflan
denflan thumbnail
TAGHLIA
TAGHLIA thumbnail
timothycritchlow
timothycritchlow thumbnail
Jim Radford
Jim Radford thumbnail
weichezaeune
weichezaeune thumbnail
more...
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.

      £4 GBP  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    67
    releases

    Get all 67 Brawl Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 60%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Compendium of Beasts Volumes 1 - 4, BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOON, GODDESSES OF ICELORE, HAUNTLORE, DREAMLORE, A YEAR OF LORE SERIES 1 - All 12 EPs, THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS, A Compendium of Beasts Volume 4, and 59 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £115.58 GBP or more (60% OFF)

     

  • Ltd Edition EARTHLORE CD + Gold Leaf Botanical Clay Talisman handmade by Laura Cannell
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    In February 2024 I gathered dried stems of flora and plants while I listened to the tracks I was making for my EARTHLORE ep.

    I pressed them into clay, they left behind their stories and patterns. Then I bisque fired them and covered the impressions in gold leaf. It was a slow and magical process. An antidote to everything, a balm.

    These are my talisman, a little piece of the Norfolk/Suffolk borderlands embedded with thoughts and music. Hang one in your house, to remind you that we are all different but connected.

    We all have something special to offer, like the plants.
    Each Botanical Clay Talisman is different too, and will be selected at random for you.

    Includes unlimited streaming of EARTHLORE via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.

    Sold Out

  • Limited Edition EARTHLORE CD Signed and Numbered by Laura Cannell
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Each of the limited edition 100 CDs is signed and number by Laura in her studio in Suffolk. Original EARTHLORE artwork by André Bosman.

    Includes unlimited streaming of EARTHLORE via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.

    Sold Out
1.
When I Returned You Were Gone 05:05
info
buy track
2.
Lyke Wake Dirge 05:20
info
buy track
3.
Paradise Marshes 03:55
info
buy track

about

EARTHLORE is the second in the new ‘Year of Lore’ series of 12 EPs by internationally acclaimed composer and performer Laura Cannell. Every month throughout 2024, Laura creates a new release of music to reflect real and imagined ‘Lores’. Earthlore follows January’s release Sealore.

Composed, performed and produced by Cannell, EARTHLORE steps up out of the water onto the grassy dunes and bracken clad cliffs that overlook the sea. Looking out over the prehistoric space where Doggerland was, it’s a chance to survey the land, the earth and think about the sphere that we are spinning on.

TRACK LISTING


1. When I Returned You Were Gone
Overbow Violin
I read an article about a harpoon that was carved from a red deer antler, it was found by Norfolk fishermen in the depths of the sand and silt off the coast of Cromer, and while I was writing this track, I had a vision of the girl (who appears throughout this series of releases) returning centuries later to look for the harpoon that she had left there. The land had gone and the harpoon she had hidden had gone, but she was still here.

2. Lyke Wake Dirge
Symphony (Renaissance Style 4 string Hurdy Gurdy) and Voice
This 14th century English song has been in my head since I was a child, a strange soundtrack to a rural childhood, but it felt epic and Earthlore-esque. In my version I've taken the refrain, and played it with hurdy gurdy and voice. It's an arrangement/recomposition of a song to be sung at the wake of someone who has left this life. It's about the soul's travel, and the hazards it faces, on its way from earth to purgatory, it references Christianity, but much of the symbolism in the original full song is thought to be of pre-Christian origin.

3. Paradise Marshes
Octave Violin
The air on the marshes is cold as I walk under grey February skies. The bullrushes and reeds are steadfast, the paths are coated in flints after the flooding has washed away the soft sandy mud. The stillness has a colour, a dark grey of being at once detached from the news cycle of early 2024 and able to breath. A simple paradise in a messed up world.

credits

released February 23, 2024

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Brawl Records image

Brawl Records UK

Brawl Records is an independent UK label est. 2005. It is run by musicians Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman. Brawl's releases have been reviewed & featured in The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, The Wire, The Quietus, MOJO, Songlines, Record Collector & more. They are regularly broadcast on BBC and internationally. ... more

discography

contact / help

Contact Brawl Records

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Brawl Records recommends:

If you like EARTHLORE, you may also like: