#5/10 singles out today! 'I See a Darkness'

«I was walking, and all around me I could feel you” These are the opening lines of Cecilie Anna’s take on Will Oldham’s “I See a Darkness”. Cecilie Anna’s words introducing her musical coat wrapped around Oldham’s classic. Making covers, Cecilie Anna starts to walk inside the song, and without exceptions, she always finds new chords and melody. Initially, she sees the same trees and mountains as everyone else, but keeps walking, and there it is: A mountain beyond the mountain. A forest beyond the forest. Cecilie Anna breathes life into an old and many times weary landscape.

The soundscape consists of sounds Cecilie Anna has made; recorded sounds manipulated into new sounds, along with lute and pump organ. The darkest bass tone is Cecilie Anna’s voice heavily manipulated, originally one word sung backwards.

Will Oldham’s lyrics is portrayed broken towards the end, with Cecilie Anna’s words snatching the air. You take one song and run it though another soul with all the flesh and liquids melting together. That’s what it sounds like.

The cover is a hommage to the original cover. Awa Rahimpour's beautiful photo of two hands points to Joanne Oldham's iconic scull.

Original song by Will Oldham
Arrangement, vocals, Pump organ & Soundscapes: Cecilie Anna
Bass accordion: Gisle Østrem
Guitar and bandola: Roald Kaldestad
Recording, Mixing, Co-producer: SirSound, Stord
Mastered by Alex Wharton in Abbey Road, London
Cecilie Anna Records 2023