Fitzcarraldo by Weird Family
We chose the title 'Fitzcarraldo,' based on Werner Herzog's movie of the same name, because we felt that its central metaphor of attempting to drag a boat over a mountain to build an opera house in the jungle was the perfect symbol for the inner anxieties of the creative life.
'Fitzcarraldo,' running slightly under 23 minutes, is a conceptual album intended to be listened to from beginning to end (at least once), as it traces the central challenge of trying to express the inexpressible or, in other words, live in the face of death.
Tracklist
| 1. | Prologue | 2:09 |
| 2. | Mysteries of the Body | 2:39 |
| 3. | Babble-on | 3:03 |
| 4. | Sundown (ft. Marissa Lila) | 2:25 |
| 5. | Defeat-Id | 2:56 |
| 6. | Mirages (ft. Diatom) | 4:00 |
| 7. | Lines and Circles | 3:14 |
| 8. | Epilogue | 2:24 |
Credits
Torben - Vocals
Kemble - Production
Made in The Sacred Grove.
License
All rights reserved.
Weird Family is one part Torben (vocalist, Salt Lake City), one part Kemble (producer, Portland). Torben is a filmmaker. Kemble is a technologist.
Their debut EP, 'Fitzcarraldo," was released in 2013. It was inspired by Werner Herzog's film about a man attempting to build an opera house in the jungle.