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We're celebrating the success of the recent Artemis II mission with a song from an album that has a stunning photograph of the moon, and it's by one of my all-time favorite musical acts, the English band called The Sundays. "Folk Song" is a track from their third album that was released in 1997, "Static & Silence." That title, along with the moon photo, references the final song on the album, "Monochrome," which is about lead singer Harriet Wheeler's memories of watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. Since Artemis II only did a flyby that will pave the way for future lunar expeditions, "Folk Song" was more apt for the post, particularly a line in the song that says, "I climb higher, move towards the fire..." It's also such a lovely song, with outstanding guitar and string arrangements--this is another of those tracks that I thought deserved to be released as a single.
from the album Static & Silence
written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler
© copyright 1997 Parlophone, Overock Ltd, EMI Records Ltd, Island Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
We're celebrating the success of the recent Artemis II mission with a song from an album that has a stunning photograph of the moon, and it's by one of my all-time favorite musical acts, the English band called The Sundays. "Folk Song" is a track from their third album that was released in 1997, "Static & Silence." That title, along with the moon photo, references the final song on the album, "Monochrome," which is about lead singer Harriet Wheeler's memories of watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. Since Artemis II only did a flyby that will pave the way for future lunar expeditions, "Folk Song" was more apt for the post, particularly a line in the song that says, "I climb higher, move towards the fire..." It's also such a lovely song, with outstanding guitar and string arrangements--this is another of those tracks that I thought deserved to be released as a single.
from the album Static & Silence
written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler
© copyright 1997 Parlophone, Overock Ltd, EMI Records Ltd, Island Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
