Hermine by Octavian Winters
Hermine was the first song written for the new Octavian Winters album and channels the band's edgier energy, hitting with a wall of sound from the first notes. The critically acclaimed San Francisco band has gained a reputation in their debut 2023 release for offering tightly crafted songs that run from the gamut from the ethereal to the dark and driving, and this new single Hermine visits those harder edges. The lyrics reference the novel Steppenwolf by Hesse, and explore the nature of the fragmented psyche and passionately urges the freedom of self acceptance.
Lyrics
Hermine
Hermine
Letters glimmer, shine
On the Magic Sign
Hermine
Hermine
Pulled me from the night
Saved me with her wine
Hermine
Hermine
Kaleidoscopic days
Dance in a haze
Hermine
Hermine
How she makes me wait
To find my mirror
Laẞ dich jetzt
Laß dich jetzt befrei
Im Zaubertheater
Im Zaubertheater
Madmen Only
Tracklist
| 1. | Hermine | 3:46 |
| 2. | Hermine (radio edit) | 3:22 |
Credits
Ria Aursjoen: Vocals / Keyboards
Stephan Salit: Guitars / Vocals
Randy Gzebb: Drums
Jay Denton: Bass
Written by Octavian Winters
Lyrics by Ria Aursjoen
Stratis Capta Records
Flare and Bloom Music BMI
Recorded at OW Studios, San Francisco, CA
Produced, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by William Faith at 13 Studio, Chicago, IL
Artwork and layout: Henry Austin Lannan
License
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Octavian Winters was born into the ghostly isolation of San Francisco in 2022, during the third winter of the pandemic. Octavian Winters weave their visceral and ethereal sound into a texture all its own – of stories once told but half-remembered, under a dusk of shadows and stars, in an abandoned city under the winter moon.