Bow by Two Dark Birds

Bow is the third album from Two Dark Birds, the critically acclaimed band from Pakatakan Mountain in The Catskills. Bow is a cycle of songs about openings and awakenings, about the spirit of nature and the nature of spirit.

Recorded in Woodstock, NY with Chris Maxwell, Bow was written and performed by Steve Koester with the assistance of a group of Catskill musicians, including Jeff Lipstein, Josh Roy Brown, Marco Benevento, Carrie Bradley, Sibel Finn, Don Piper and Jason Mills.

“Bow, the latest luminous and ambitious collection of poet-grade and quietly experimental folk music written by Steve Koester and performed by his loose assemblage of Catskill cronies.” - HV1

“…poised, structured, self-aware, ambitious.” - DVEIGHT

"...there certainly is a magic to it, a kind of backwoods witchery that the only the best of the style can really capture. Steve Koester, creative force behind Two Dark Birds and formerly of Maplewood and Punchdrunk, is one such luminary. His forthcoming album Bow (the third from Two Dark Birds) displays that spiritual connection to the land in a way his previous works have only touched on." - Culture Collide

“Bow is brimming with pastoral energy and light. There's a quiet dignity to the songs, no grand or elaborate veneering.” - Chronogram

Tracklist

1.	Dear Whoever Whoever	3:50

2.	Who Will Call You Home For the Night	2:11

3.	White Birch	3:00

4.	We Have Not Yet Arrived	5:04

5.	Pretty Wing	3:21

6.	The King Of	3:39

7.	Vessel	1:16

8.	Fathers and Sons	3:20

9.	Beyond the Horizon	2:59

10.	Winter Song	3:12

11.	First Breath	2:15

12.	When Morning Comes	2:24

Credits

released October 1, 2017

All songs by S. Koester. © Herr K Songs 2017.

Produced by Steve Koester.

Recorded by Chris Maxwell, with additional recording by Jeff Lipstein.

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian.

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