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Hypergiant

by Original Swimming Party

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1.
Chords 07:38
On another day Witness the loud parade As my face disintegrates Flaps of facial skin I’m in love with everything Bless the death suit I’m dancing in Despair and Joy for the hair that thins I had it, now I has-been A halo for my sins There is a howl In my chest bursting out There is a howl Let life in Let her go Love her to the end Cut the chords Let her go Let her go now Cut the chords She’s gonna have a baby Cut the chords Let her go She’s gonna have a baby Let her go now You know it’s time to cut the chord Cut the chord
2.
You know, I’m like a lighthouse Care for all the ones at sea Fingers grip the lonely Rocky promontory Send out a searchlight Right eye burning bright Getting colder Forgot what the heat is like Lovers howl in the night When the heart folds in, skin upon skin Come here, I see your metaphor She said, you’re shiny but you’re dangerous You’ve sunk a thousand ships, boy Attract and then you destroy This one for the ones like me Who tower before the dancing sea Forever lonely I don't know if I can change Half-believe I’ll love again Some walk this world alone Send out a searchlight Right eye burning bright Getting colder Forgot what the heat is like Lovers howl in the night When the heart folds in, skin upon skin
3.
Darkest Hour 05:28
Full moon over Cape Town city Mournful lights trawl a chequered dance floor Seeking out safety in a crowd Pack of them howl to Wolf Like Me Tragicomedy of my twenties Pretty, young and depressed Got everything but inner confidence At the heart of it somehow there’s love You say we’re alone I really don't know In the darkest hour The darkest hour Watch you across smoky tables I'm burning up as you laugh Mama brought us up androgynous I’m ambivalent; and staring again Tragicomedy of my twenties Pretty, young and depressed, Got everything but inner confidence I'm shattering with this love You say we’re alone I really don't know In the darkest hour In the darkest hour
4.
1652 Arrive in the Cape Enslave and dominate Convert or kill (this is a list in bullet points) Dominate the land Shoot all the animals Dominate the people We’re a violent kind Open up your arms And let the gentle flow Into the body that’s ready to let go Life in the colony These are my ancestors This is my inheritance Armor of white skin This is my empty voice (these are the shades of my privilege) The deeper I go inside Colonised Where to from here? Give back the land Ah If you think that ‘they must just get over it’ If you think the dispossessed should accept our privilege When we inherited the wealth of 400 years of evil When we point fingers but won’t be the ones to change and heal It’s an opening Let’s walk through
5.
There’s a light coming over the sea Know it’s me Six gigaton heart bomb See my people run My left eye weeping out My right eye sharp and bright See my people run Now you made me cry Oh you made me cry Now you’re gonna… Fifty feet over the sea Death becomes me I am the bomb and gun Now my people run All the voices Come together Hear my people sing I seen into you Can't hide it can you Little black clouds of hate Hide in your body Oh I'm reaching in Cut them loose Murder of black balloons Riding in the sky
6.
Undrum 07:35
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Talk To Us 02:10
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Satisfied 06:35
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Camissa 03:09
Where the river flows The Camissa knows
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Humanity’s fall Arrived a moment ago I’m lost in a forest of homes It’s raining mobile phones An ocean of devices I drive past the hungry man But there’s enough for everyone Oh to be one with life Embrace the power in me
11.
Thank U 09:14

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Hypergiant is the debut album by Cape Town Afrotronica band Original Swimming Party.

Musically the album is influenced by experimental electronica, shoegaze, ambient and drone, South African music genres including gqom and kwaito, and music from the wider African continent.

The album discusses themes of politics and war (‘Weeping Song II’); privilege, colonialism and the band’s own complicity in the divided state of their country (‘Life In The Colony’, ‘Camissa’). Soaring chord patterns meander through tales of the joys and sorrows of human existence, getting older and the power of letting go (Chords); loneliness and celibacy (‘Skin Upon Skin’) and having a good time amidst existential doubt (‘Darkest Hour’). An overarching theme of life in a time of impending apocalypse - both ecologically and sociologically - is tempered by themes of celebration, healing and redemption.

The album features South African guest artists Greg Abrahams (guitar), Keenan Ahrends (guitar), Gene Kierman (French horn) & Ryan McArthur (bass guitar).

Woven in and out of the music are field recordings from the band’s everyday lives around the City Of Cape Town, including unique binaural recordings of the hidden water tunnels underneath the Cape Town CBD (featured in the track ‘Camissa’, ‘Camissa’ being an ancient Khoi word meaning ‘place of sweet water’ and the original Khoisan pre-colonial name for Cape Town).

The album features artwork by Boston-based visual artist K evin Townsend, who has created a series of drawings based on the the themes of Hypergiant.

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released February 24, 2017

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Original Swimming Party Cape Town, South Africa

Original Swimming Party (OSP) are an audio/visual group from Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing influence from an African tradition of rhythms and harmony merged with elements of left-field electronica they create a unique sound that is emotionally powerful and rhythmically captivating. ... more

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