LANKUM - Lullaby

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Directed and animated by Eoin Whelehan.
A Delicious 9 production.
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This piece was conceived while attempting to imagine the type of music somebody would be comforted by while going through a very difficult period, the likes of which we all experience at some point or another. Periods pockmarked with startling revelations relating to the nature of our situation, that is, as a hive of fast-multiplying creatures, or the cells of some bizarre slime-mould-like organism, spreading like molasses over the surface of a tiny planet in the depths of unfathomable nothingness. The alarming insights that are gifted upon us in these moments can be terrifying and harrowing, made all the more dizzying by the fact that they are all but ignored by those around us, as our entire being opens up to the vast ocean of abuse we impose on ourselves and each other every moment of our sleeping lives. From something as simple as police receiving commissions for arresting more poverty-stricken people on the streets, to systemic abuse of children in a supposedly spiritual organisation, to world governments declaring war because they are backed by oil companies and corporations that prosper by designing machines to kill innocent people more efficiently, it can be quite an overbearing and lonely experience. We dedicate this song to Robert O’Donnell, a man who felt these things all too clearly, yet still managed to turn them into the funniest joke you ever heard.
From Cold Old Fire, released May 25, 2014

[@brycey0]

Well, that hit the fucking spot.

[@JamesPomeroy]

Bear me away on such music and I'll ne'er feel the need to look back.

[@maggiedaniels9562]

great music from this group as usual, and this video matches in all ways

[@tattykat1]

This does comfort me as I'm going through one of those times described above....
Your music has travelled with me these past few years of hell....and has been a comfort and a joy..and also given some dark giggles too..😁😁
The Most Misanthropic being a fav on a bad day..always raises a smile..lol
Thank you so much💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@prharrington]

I've written bad reviews of Lankum songs in the past, but not this time. It's a hard one to walk away from. Eerie yet comforting, sad but uplifting. Moving. Grateful for this magical piece.

[@lauraflood8342]

Jesus. What a description. Sums that feeling up oh so clearly❤

[@irishtunes3674]

This is so good.

[@Scoob505]

Primal!