MEANDERTALES, by THE LOAFING HEROES

MEANDERTALES

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1.	Incantation 03:27	buy track
2.	Wind 04:09	buy track
3.	Stairs 03:56	buy track
4.	Intruder 03:47	buy track
5.	Butterfly 04:27	buy track
6.	Apollo 03:38	buy track
7.	Sidhe 03:47	buy track
8.	Silence 03:42	buy track
9.	Alchemy 02:40	buy track
10.	Jaguar 04:41	buy track
11.	Ragaire 03:44	buy track
12.	Forest 10:23	buy track

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Definition, attunement:

*meander [mee-an-der]
- a winding curve or bend of a river or road.
synonyms: bend, loop, curve, twist, turn, coil, zigzag, oxbow, convolution.
- an indirect or aimless journey.
synonyms: wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, amble.
- an ornamental pattern of winding or interlocking lines.

*tale [teyl]
- a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story.

*neanderthal nē-ˈan-dər-ˌtȯl]
- relating to a type of primitive people who lived in Europe and Asia from about 150,000 to 30,000 years ago.

*me-and-der tales: me and der [Ger.] / their [Eng.] / the tales.

*me-ander-tales: me – other [Ger.] tales.

*”The meandertale, aloss and again, of our old Heidenburgh in the days when Head-in-Clouds walked the earth.”
– James Joyce, Finnegans Wake.

Recorded and mixed in UFO Studios in Berlin by Tadklimp, The Loafing Heroes’ latest album opens with Incantation which incorporates invocations from the ancient poet Amergin in the mythical creation and dreaming up of Ireland. Two songs on the record have Irish language titles: Sidhe – which can mean ‘fairy or ‘fairy-mound’; and an instrumental track Ragaire – which means ‘night rambler’. There are new songwriting and lead vocal contributions from Giulia Gallina on three of the songs – in the pulsing track Wind, in the slower autoharp-driven track Apollo, and in the apocalyptic Silence. Ryan delves into distorted fairytale territory in songs such as Stairs (the first single from the album), Alchemy and Butterfly. Intruder offers a paradoxical combination of affirmative rhythmic music alongside anti-colonialism lyrics; while Jaguar has all members playing percussion and taking the listener on a sonic trip. Forest is the final track which is a consciously indefinite and indeterminate conclusion, meandering and opening up different spaces in sound textures and spoken word.

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released April 1, 2019

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THE LOAFING HEROES Lisbon, Portugal

The Loafing Heroes are a morphing, dream-folk band based in Lisbon. Loafing being an activity of subversive joy.

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MEANDERTALES

Apr 2019
THE BARON IN THE TREES

May 2016
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD

Apr 2014
PLANETS

Sep 2011
CHULA

Apr 2010
UNTERWEGS

May 2009

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