Winter Solstice by Take Back Thee Nite

It was my turn this year to stay behind. Everyone else is probably sat by a fire with their loved ones, getting suitably full on fine foods and wine. I pour myself a coffee to warm my bones. Being by oneself really sets the cold in, but the isolation pushes down tenfold, smothering you in an unshakeable dread. I push my chair over to the radio and begin to look for a signal - any type of noise is welcome in this crushing silence.

All I'm getting is grainy static as I turn the dial, fluctuations of fizzle and buzz. I tune into two men talking, but they speak in Russian and my rudimentary knowledge of the language is stalled by the mask of noise from the weak signal. And then I hear something. I lean in closer, turning the dial like I'm opening a safe. The sound comes more in focus, but is still distant and broken. I notice my breath in front of my eyes, the temperature is dropping. The sound is now clearer. I shiver. Closer, colder, the ice begins to set in. I am sat frozen, hand on the radio, the other clasping the handle of my coffee mug, the coffee now a brown slab of caffeinated ice.

CVTL006/48

Tracklist

1.	Iceberg Static	2:35

2.	Solid Glacier	3:41

3.	Hyperborea	2:28

4.	Rimy	3:12

5.	3 Dog Fight	3:37

6.	Lizard Blizzard	5:05

7.	Ice Fishing	2:40

8.	-20*C	3:14

9.	Gelid	3:42

10.	Stone Hench	3:00

11.	Beyond the Icewall	3:49

12.	Antarctichrist	2:41

Credits

released December 21, 2018

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