Searching in the Dark
Goodbye theologians with your flightless flock of owls
And all your faithful fractures in your deep dogmatic bowels
I used to talk so much like you: with conviction.
But now my voice keeps choking up with hesitation
It seems my stomachs growing sour
With the words that I was forced to re-devour.
Lately I’ve been worshipping Nietzsche’s Anti-Christ,
I’ve been hanging onto every word of his advice.
But now I’m hanging on the edge of a cliff side
Too scared to cut the cord I tied to God.
And as I’m dangling in the air
I’m just waiting till the rope begins to tear.
I met Daniel Johnston once when he was in Chicago,
And I got to shake his hand before he played the show.
And then I watched him as he sat down at the bar,
Next to an open seat that was shining like a star.
Oh but no, I left it vacant
It was never meant for me, or anyone else.
I’ve been searching for something in the dark,
in a strange room,
Not knowing what I’m looking for,
till I find it,
Or if I’ll even recognize it,
If it passed beneath my hand,
Would I realize it?
The Ohio songwriter navigates gender, queerness, class, and privilege through a powerful mix of country rock, folk ballads, and bluegrass. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 14, 2021
Irish singer-songwriter Sarah E. Cullen bares her heart over pastoral folk arrangements enshrouded in a dream-pop haze. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 29, 2021
Written as she was coping with an auto-immune disease, the new EP from Rachel Angel offers hushed, silvery ’50s-style Americana. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2020
The two songs that Shakey Graves performed for NPR’s Night Owl series are available for digital download for the first time ever. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 1, 2018