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Banshee

by abriction

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Obstacle of Affliction abriction has a distinctive mirror on her darkness, and it shines brightly. Favorite track: No One Cares.
meeses
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meeses So much talent! Thank you, Meredith!
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The way she seamlessly combines all these different genres and elements into a coherent whole thing is absolutely unreal.
Picking a favourite track is nearly impossible, but the ones that stand out the most to me are „Relieved Of All Senses“, „Teal Rain“ and „Superposition“.
I can’t imagine how she will top this but I’m sure she will.
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aku abriction never fails to amaze me with her releases. i can't get enough of the music Favorite track: Relieved Of All Senses.
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Luke 9/11, Windows XP, the iPod, and My Chemical Romance all happened within a month of each other. And this is the world abriction was born into. In a sense it seems like a straight line from there to here, the 2nd consecutive 80 minute album by this increasingly brilliant artist. The internet, late-stage capitalism, mental health crises, the suburbs. I don't know anyone channeling the precarity of American youth into intensely compelling music quite like Meredith. But that might say more about me… Favorite track: No One Cares.
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Alex This album attracts you and makes you come back again and again. There comes a moment when you’ve already eaten too much and are tired. But no, a short break is enough for the feeling of hunger to awaken and the “play” button to be pressed again. Abriction is my musical discovery of last year, and I know for sure that now it will last for a long time. Maybe even forever. Favorite track: No One Cares.
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IN THE PALE MORNING HORIZON BURNING WINGS AND HALO RISING OVER THE COLD BLUE LAKE BLANK SUPRA FACE, SILVER SHINE, 2006 DREAM I WILL SOAR, I AM MADE OF PALE MORNING LIGHT I WILL RAIN, AND EVERY CLOUD IS IN MY TRAIL I AM THE COLD BLUE MORNING, I BRIM THE CHASM I BRIM THE CHASM I WILL RAIN, AND EVERY CLOUD IS IN MY TRAIL I AM THE COLD BLUE MORNING, I BRIM THE CHASM THE DIMENSIONAL TRAIL OF TIME NO ONE ELSE CAN EXPLORE IT THE LONELY LIGHT IT LEAVES BEHIND NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE IT, NO ONE ELSE WHEN THE DISTANT DREAMSCAPE SHINES ON YOUR PALE SKIN IT MAKES ME WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE HOLDING HANDS AS KIDS, PURE YOUTHFUL LOVE
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Streetlights 04:58
DARK SKY, BRIGHT STREETS COME FLY WITH ME THIS NIGHT IS MINE COLD AIR, WET TREES RED LIGHTS ON YOUR HAIR IN THE BREEZE STREETLIGHTS GLOWING CLOUDS OF ORANGE IN THE DARK BLUE NIGHT PRECIOUS MOMENTS WE SHARED UNDER THEM STREETLIGHTS GLOWING CLOUDS OF ORANGE WINGS IN MOTION, LIGHTS FLYING IN A YELLOW BLUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS BURN KISSES RED ENTRANCING MY INNOCENCE AS SHE PULLS ME CLOSER IN I FEEL THE RHYTHM OF A PERFECT WISH STREETLIGHTS GLOWING CLOUDS OF ORANGE IN THE DARK BLUE NIGHT PRECIOUS MOMENTS WE SHARED UNDER THEM STREETLIGHTS GLOWING CLOUDS OF ORANGE WINGS IN MOTION, LIGHTS FLYING IN A YELLOW BLUR
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No One Cares 07:50
SOMETIMES, IT FEELS LIKE NO ONE CARES NOTHING YOU SAY IS EVER OF ANY IMPORTANCE NO ONE, NO ONE IS EVER THERE TO HEAR YOU YOU'RE ON- YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN YOU'RE ON- YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN THE COLORS BLEED THROUGH, BUT YOU ARE SEE-THROUGH DO YOU HEAR ME CRYING OUT? DO YOU CARE ABOUT ANYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF? SOME... TIMES... IT FEELS LIKE... NO ONE REALLY CARES... SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE NO ONE REALLY CARES ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHO YOU'RE WITH OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHILE EVERYONE IS TALKING OVER DRINKS YOU'RE WIDE AWAKE AND HAVEN'T SEEN THE SUN IN A FEW DAYS ALL THE MAGIC YOU FIND WILL HAVE BEEN GAZED UPON BY ONLY YOU YOU'RE SAD THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER SEE IT BUT YOU'RE MORE AWARE AND LESS DISTRACTED I WAS LOST AND NEVER FOUND UNTIL YOU CAME AND TURNED IT AROUND MAYBE WE WERE HOLDING HANDS IN SUNSET FANTASIES WILL YOU WALK THROUGH THE WORST OF STORMS WITH ME? WOULD YOU TAKE MY HAND INTO ETERNITY? WOULD YOU PULL ME OUT FROM THIS FORGOTTEN SHADOW? MAYBE ALL I NEED IS WITHIN YOU I'LL LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND DON'T LET ME SLIP AWAY AND LET THIS ALL BE FOR NOTHING SLIPPING FROM MY GRASP PLEASE LET ME KNOW RIGHT NOW PLEASE LET ME KNOW- RIGHT NOW DON'T LET ME SLIP AWAY AND LET THIS ALL BE FOR NOTHING DON'T LET ME SLIP AWAY, DON'T LET ME SLIP AWAY
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HEAR MY VOICE, CLOSE YOUR EYES HEAR ME WAIL, PULL DOWN THE SKY WHEN I WAKE, CLOUDS WILL PART WHEN I WEEP AGAIN, WATCH THEM STORM I AM THE SOIL, I AM THE MOON I AM THE RAIN THAT PUTS LIFE IN BLOOM I AM THE SUN, AND I AM LIFE ITSELF I MADE THE KEY, AND ALL THE HANDS THAT WILL CLUTCH IT WHEN I WAKE, CLOUDS WILL PART WHEN I WEEP AGAIN, WATCH THEM STORM I WILL NEVER TAKE YOUR POISON I'VE GOT ANGER TO BRING YOU NOISE IF YOU WANT TO FEEL IT, I'M IN THE RIVER SEE MY FACE AND I'LL TAKE YOU TO FOREVER SEE MY FACE AND I'LL TAKE YOU TO FOREVER PLANTS WILT WHEN I WALK DREAMS FALL WHEN I TALK I AM MADE OF TAPE STATIC AND PIXELATED RAIN NO FIDELITY, I AM WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU ARE RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES I LAY IN THE ROT, NO PILLS WOULD I POP NEVER CATCH ME TAKING MEDS, I LET THE BLADE EXPEL WITH NO FIDELITY, I AM WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU ARE RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES PLANTS WILT WHEN I WALK DREAMS FALL WHEN I TALK I AM MADE OF TAPE STATIC AND PIXELATED RAIN NO FIDELITY, I AM WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU ARE RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES I LAY IN THE ROT, NO PILLS WOULD I POP NEVER CATCH ME TAKING MEDS, I LET THE BLADE EXPEL WITH NO FIDELITY, I AM WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU ARE RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES RELIEVED OF ALL SENSES
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Teal Rain 10:29
I HEAR YOUR VOICE IN A SHALLOW STREAM I HEAR YOU WHISPER MY NAME AND I CAN ONLY WISH YOU WERE HERE TO TOUCH ME THE STATIC PAINTS YOUR FACE IN A DISTANT FOG I LOOK DOWN AT THE WATER AND SEE NO REFLECTION NO REFLECTION IS THAT YOUR VOICE SINGING TO ME ECHOING IN THE WINTER BREEZE KISSING IN LIGHTS, PURPLE AND RED I'LL KEEP YOU WARM, REST YOUR TIRED HEAD TO JOIN YOU IN THE EVENING FOG TEAL RAIN DROPPING ON STAINED GLASS I WAVE GOODBYE AS YOU FLY PAST I WAVE GOODBYE I HOPE WE CAN FIND EACH OTHER AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OTHERWISE I'D SPEND ETERNITY CRYING OUT FOR YOU CRYING OUT FOR YOU
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Souls 06:19
COLD WINTER NIGHTS IN YOUR ARMS COULD THESE MOMENTS BURN FOREVER IN MY HEART AND HOW I WISH UPON A STAR THAT YOU'LL FOLLOW ME IN THE DARK THE FRAGILE ESSENCE OF OUR YOUTH IN A BLUE FLAME WATCH IT BURST INTO A MILLION BRAND NEW STARS I WISH BEYOND DARKNESS OUR SOULS NEVER PART WAYS AND WITH MY HAND IN YOURS, WE'D DRIFT IN HARMONY THE RAIN THAT FALLS ON YOU IS EVERY PART OF ME MY ONLY DESIRE IS YOUR HAND WHEN SKIES TURN BLEAK I WISH BEYOND DARKNESS OUR SOULS NEVER PART WAYS AND WITH MY HAND IN YOURS, WE'D DRIFT IN HARMONY THE RAIN THAT FALLS ON YOU IS EVERY PART OF ME MY ONLY DESIRE IS YOUR HAND WHEN SKIES TURN BLEAK
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WHERE ROSES ONCE BLOOMED I SEE PUDDLES OF LOVE WHERE ROSES ONCE BLOOMED I SEE PUDDLES OF BLOOD WHERE ROSES ONCE BLOOMED I CRY AND THINK OF YOU HOW I MISS THAT SIMPLE TIME AND WHAT COULD I DO JUST TO FEEL IT PURE AGAIN YOU LAY MOTIONLESS AND I'M SCREAMING BUT YOU WOULD NEVER NOTICE YOU WOULD NEVER NOTICE YOU WOULD NEVER NOTICE A THING
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BANSHEE IN THE FOG LOOK AWAY, THE SUNLIGHT FADING WAILING IN A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK, WATCH ME TURN TO ASH BLINK ONCE, COME BACK, AND EVERYTHING'S CHANGED WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, YOU'LL FACE THE SAME FATE SPREAD HATRED AND TREAT THE WORLD LIKE SHIT THEN ACT CONFUSED WHEN IT TURNS AROUND AND DOES THE SAME YOU THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL? JUST A BLIP ON THE RADAR YOU TAKE THIS LIFE FOR GRANTED ONE GLANCE IN MY EYES WILL SEND YOU BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM YOU WASTE OUR PRECIOUS AIR FOR YOUR EMPTY WORDS NOBODY OWES YOU A THING, SO STEP THE FUCK BACK OPEN YOUR EARS AND LET THE WORLD SPEAK GIVE UP YOUR PRIDE YOU'RE TAINTING ALL THAT WAS PURE WITH YOUR LIES I'LL TAKE BACK WHAT WAS STOLEN YOU THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL? JUST A BLIP ON THE RADAR YOU TAKE THIS LIFE FOR GRANTED ONE GLANCE IN MY EYES WILL SEND YOU BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM GIVE UP YOUR PRIDE YOU'RE TAINTING ALL THAT WAS PURE WITH YOUR LIES I'LL TAKE BACK WHAT WAS STOLEN
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Redshift 05:11
FADING MOONLIGHT CAPTURING FEELINGS AND MEMORIES STORED IN REDSHIFT CAN'T THEY STAY WITH ME? YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL AND YOUR HANDS ARE GETTING WEAK CAN YOU HEAR THE RAIN TAP ON THE WINDOW? I CAN'T WALK THIS WORLD ALONE YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL AND YOUR HANDS ARE GETTING WEAK CAN YOU HEAR THE RAIN TAP ON THE WINDOW? I CAN'T WALK THIS WORLD ALONE ...WALK THIS WORLD ALONE ...WALK THIS WORLD ALONE WATCHING SNOW FALL DOWN ON THE WINDSHIELD REMINDING ME OF ANOTHER HOME STILL REMAINING IN MY MEMORIES PLEASE FOLLOW ME THERE LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL!) (CATCH ME WHEN I FALL!) YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL AND YOUR HANDS ARE GETTING WEAK CAN YOU HEAR THE RAIN TAP ON THE WINDOW? I CAN'T WALK THIS WORLD ALONE YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL AND YOUR HANDS ARE GETTING WEAK CAN YOU HEAR THE RAIN TAP ON THE WINDOW? I CAN'T WALK THIS WORLD ALONE
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I WATCHED THE STORM ENSHROUD THE SKYLINE THE RAIN THAT POURED WOULD DROWN THE SUNLIGHT DROWN THE SUNLIGHT i watched the storm... enshroud the skyline... the rain that poured... would drown the sunlight... i held your hand... and closed my eyes... that single touch... was burning desire... GOING DEAF FROM THE FREEWAY SOUNDS THEY TAKE ME AWAY, SO FAR AWAY HOLDING HANDS IN FEAR BRACING FOR IMPACT BRACING FOR IMPACT GOING DEAF FROM THE FREEWAY SOUNDS THEY TAKE ME SO FAR AWAY JUST TO SOAK IN THIS MOMENT WITH YOU
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Carried 04:00
Teardrops in the dirt I wonder if you know they're mine Buried with a tablespoon You never got a chance to breathe Words flow through, do they even reach you? Would you return to your mother's womb? People will have things to say But they've never felt a thing like this Some may say it's for the best Yet they're growing old with no one there One day you'll get another chance Would you return to your mother's womb? Words flow through, do they even reach you? Would you return to your mother's womb?

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released February 9, 2024

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