Fallow by Liana Condor
Fallow /ˈfaləʊ/
adjective
(of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility.
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Today I walk on fallowed ground
Scorched and bruised till kingdoms come
My soul in wake for just a sound
To beckon in that sacred hum
Of work to be done
I may try
(Lord, don't we try)
But when my heart was rushed to beat
I lost the rhythm and felt the heat
Of hell's burning greed
So sit me down and ask me when
Did my soul become so high
That I dare not rest?
Sit you down and ask when
Did your soul become so high
That you dare not rest?
Today we walk on hallowed ground
Fallowed earth by Kingdom come
Now in rest without a sound
To beckon in that sacred hum
Of rest to be done
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I'm a one-man-band live-looping 'extraordinaire' from Sheffield, U.K. inspired by stints in Ecuador and Peru and the sounds of cumbia and artists like Nicola Cruz and Rodrigo Gallardo. I blend various genres (acoustic pop/folk, math rock, worldbeat) to create a rhythmic and looped acoustic sound; fused with an angst-ridden call to reflect, debate, and lament upon emotional fragility, religious belief amidst doubt, and humanity’s destructive tendencies.
Fallow is my debut album which I have produced independently during the various lockdowns in the U.K. in between furlough, working for a local youth work charity, and getting married (my wife plays flute on the last track)! The album is a collection of deeply personal songs and features vibrant artwork I have created using iconoclastic imagery atop a hand-made batik of a tranquil mustard tree.
Three singles have already been released from the album, One Flesh, Made in Magnificence, and Fill Me Up. These have resulted in airplay on BBC Radio Sheffield and Sheffield Live, along with features in Northern music blogs, Analogue Trash and RGM, the latter of which described the latest single, Fill Me Up, as ‘incredibly catchy…not just limited to a guitar and a loop pedal, one-man-band Condor layers vocals and percussion to create a fuller sound. If you like Jack Johnson and Xavier Rudd – you’ll love this.’
Other highlights on the album include Lament for Atahualpa - an adaption from an Incan elegiac lament composed upon Atahualpa’s death in 1533; and White Lies - a Rage Against the Machine inspired country-cum-desert rock anti-ballad about the burning of the Amazon, colonial atrocities, and the downright lies and hatred spread through Trumpism.
Since the release of my debut EP, Animal Locomotion, in 2018, I've performed at Yellow Arch Studios, a Pecha Kucha night, collaborated with global feminist hip-hop venture, The Waterlily Project, and received a Top Five Nomination for Yorkshire Gig Guide’s Outstanding Emerging Artist in 2019.
Tracklist
| 1. | One Flesh | 5:03 |
| 2. | Made In Magnificence | 4:30 |
| 3. | Fill Me Up | 5:50 |
| 4. | White Lies | 5:34 |
| 5. | Bass Crickets | 0:52 |
| 6. | Mary | 5:19 |
| 7. | Screaming Endless Whispers | 6:19 |
| 8. | Lament For Atahualpa | 4:08 |
Credits
Written and produced by Liana Condor
Mastered by Federico Telesca
