To celebrate Samhain, my band Cave Mouth has released a new EP... a small pocketbook of folk horror and silver tongue sonnets. A dark fairy tale spiriting those away to enchanting landscapes of yore. Brimming with forest speak and incantations, wrapped up by the dead tree refuge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQZCOXqxEE But that's not all! We also have… Continue reading Celebrate Samhain With Cave Mouth
Do you need something wicked to darken your day? Then I have just the thing! Witch Of The Northern Forest is from Cave Mouth's upcoming EP which we'll be releasing in time for Samhain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgKg8D3IOLc In other Cave Mouth related news, we now have a website. Come and find us here.
I've been sharing music videos on Wyrd Words & Effigies since 2013, and not once did it ever occur to me that one day I'd be sharing my own. Yes dear readers, today Cave Mouth releases its debut music video A HEX ON YOUR HEAD! We collaborated with the immensely talented artist and filmmaker Lagomorphosis… Continue reading Cave Mouth Debut Music Video
It was by pure, glorious chance that I happened upon French musical outfit Horzines Stara today. Thank you Bandcamp! I know zilch about this project...yet, but I DO know that I'm infatuated with Wayfaring Stranger, an American folk tune from the early 19th Century and the first track from their EP Ces Voûtes. The vibes… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Horzines Stara
The frame of mind I've been in recently hasn't enabled me to listen to much music. I'd put something on and find I wasn't able to absorb it, and, after a few minutes or sometimes even less, I'd need to click off and retreat back into silence. Now, don't get me wrong, I need my… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Chelsea Wolfe
Today has been one of those days where I've been scanning the horizon, looking for someone to come kill me. Nobody came, which is a good thing because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to experience this deep sense of pride for the release of Cave Mouth's debut album HEX. For those of you not… Continue reading The Release Day Of HEX
A few months ago, I wrote a song when I was in one of the deepest depressions of my life. I never could have imagined that a short time on, I would be in a band with one of my favourite musicians of all time, and on the verge of releasing a full-length album. But… Continue reading Hex By Cave Mouth : Album Artwork
There are two songs by Roky Erickson - I walked With A Zombie and Night Of The Vampire - that I hold dear to my heart for reasons I'll keep close to my heart. So, when YouTube gifted me Chelsea Wolfe's cover of Night Of The Vampire - and I was well overdue a gift...YouTube's… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Roky Erickson & Chelsea Wolfe
Meghan Wood and I are very fucking happy to bring to you another single form Cave Mouth! This song is called I Woke Up Wolf and has been very kindly premiered by Clandestine Sounds. Here are the word that appeared on the site, written by Clayton T Michaels, though if you'd like to read them… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Cave Mouth
If there's one band that I can always rely on to lift my spirits, it's Crown Of Asteria. It's been that way for a long, long time. (I feel so damn proud that I'm actually in a band with the incredible Meghan Wood, the woman behind this most prolific project!) Today, I'm sharing an awe… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Crown Of Asteria
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 