Cloaked by Karen Zanes

"Cloaked"

Rumbles and reverberations
Mercury at its station
angels sing in salutation
distant faces recollected
forgotten hillside homes reflected
re-instate an earthly body
take a bet on this creation
lessons learned are now forgotten
wear this heavy cloak on offer
sound and memory, children laughing....

- Karen Zanes

Released on Infinity Vine Records (IVR 06).

This album is dedicated to the late, great UK music writer, Mark Barton (The Sunday Experience), a champion of the international underground music community. https://marklosingtoday.wordpress.com/

From African Paper (German cultural magazine):

"...On “Cloaked”, which follows on from the albums “Of Lovers and Tribes” and “In the Court of Wands” (both Reverb Worship), the New England based musician and singer combines the fragile charm of American folk music with shoegazer-like dream pop and more than a dash of American suburban flair that haunts abandoned amusement parks in its undead variant."

From Record Crates United:

"...Meanwhile, on songs like “Psycho Show,” Zanes displays the strength of her dream pop skills. She takes pulsating electro beats and strangely catchy hooks, and combines them with her delicate folk instrumentation and ghostly astral effects to create a truly memorable and addictive sonic gem. A fine example of this is the hypnotic “On My Walk.” With looping atmospheric electric guitars layered underneath a drum machine and subdued vocals, Zanes practically merges into MV & EE territory here."

Tracklist

1.	Cloaked	1:47

2.	Dreamers	2:14

3.	Blue Champagne	2:08

4.	Psycho Show	2:39

5.	On My Walk	3:32

6.	Smile	3:03

7.	Only Lovers Left Alive	3:17

8.	Mark	1:29

9.	Matty	1:28

10.	Wolves	1:50

11.	Carnival Mirror	2:56

12.	She Walks in Slippers	2:18

13.	Carousel Song	2:14

14.	Last Song	1:36

Credits

released June 25, 2021

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Karen Zanes. Copyright Haight Street Music Press.

Cover art by Dawn Aquarius.

Some of the instruments lovingly played on this poetry driven album include: two guitars (electric and acoustic), two ukuleles (soprano and concert) two vintage or vintage emulating organs/synths (one with prefab beats), two tambourines (single and double row nickel jingles) and a set of plastic shakers.

"Only Lovers Left Alive," is a song inspired by the movie of that name.

"Wolves" first appears on the German compilation record, 'My Universal Hammer' on Gruselthon Schallplatten .

"Psycho Show" first released as a single on April 9th, 2021

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