yearlongday

in 1996, i was introduced to an album that changed both what i listened to & how i listened: eno’s 1975 breakthrough another green world. although this album led me into eno’s later ambient projects, the stand-out track for me was the more teleological composition, “st. elmo’s fire“. this is not to be confused with the theme song from the 1985 film, st. elmo’s fire, which was, up to that point, my only frame of reference.

that album & that song influenced both the music i like & listen to, and the music i write & record, which has come now to include “st. elmo’s fire“. unlike many songs yearlongday has covered (including eno’s “julie with…“), we tried to stay somewhat close to eno’s original version. for example, the duration of our version (3:06) is very close to eno’s version (3:02). also, we tried to remain consistent with timbre of eno’s original instrumentation & voicing… to the best-yet-humblest of our abilities.

where robert fripp came in with a “wimshurst guitar“, YLD stage-almumnus dave parkhurst offers listeners an “icehurst” guitar for his debut studio recording with yearlongday. dave and i discussed covering this song in august 2011 (15 years after my first listening), but didn’t get into the studio until late october. in november, leah l’orange contributed her vocal harmonies, and this week, i am pleased to offer a rough demo of brian eno’s “st. elmo’s fire“!

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