Cinder Well by Cinder Well
This is the first Cinder Well EP - Recorded by August Nicky Golden, my dear friend who we just lost at a shooting at a punk show in Minneapolis.
In 2015 we lived together in a punk house in Portland called Scowling House. August recorded the first Cinder Well songs I wrote on a four track tape recorder in my bedroom and on the piano in the living room (in a rare moment where it was empty). August and Bryan also printed the first tapes for me to take on tour in Europe. I met August in college in Santa Cruz, he was my teaching assistant in Intro to Marxism lol, a class taught by the mayor, where we'd have weekly potlucks at different houses around town. I recorded a song for my final project, I got a bad grade and Aug blamed it on the other TA.
Before hearing the news, I'd been thinking about this album a lot. Today I share it with you to honor August's work, his witnessing me making music all the way since the Santa Cruz days, him capturing this moment in time with nothing but love and support.
I'll carry from August how to be a good friend, how to just show up, how to be his friends' biggest fan. He just knew how to be such a good friend. Remember to love your people. They are really the most precious gift we have.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Alicon House | 5:39 |
| 2. | Cinder Well | 4:54 |
| 3. | The little box, the colour of heartache | 4:32 |
| 4. | The Hyde Mansion/ Lonesome John | 6:12 |
| 5. | An Ode to Heavy Water | 6:24 |
| 6. | Fallen | 3:06 |
| 7. | Place the moon at my eyes | 1:22 |
Credits
Amelia Baker - guitar, vocals
CPN - fiddle
Rhone - vox
Preston Howard - uilleann pipes
License
All rights reserved.
Cinder Well is the musical project of LA–based songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker. Her starkly emotive vocals and surrealistic lyrics are framed by cinematic arrangements drawing from traditional and experimental music.
Recent composing work includes the title track and score for BBC’s Small Prophets, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook.