The Great Calm, by Whispering Sons

The Great Calm

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1.	Standstill 03:17	lyrics
These old roads Winding me to sleep Mist banks on either side Are plundering the scene There is nothing to keep me here Behind every bend Another memory Rearing its ugly head I clamp onto the steering wheel Another tearful street Same pain, same grief It seems I’m lost in time And I still can’t face Any of it, anything So lost in time I swerve off On more inner travels Drive an extra block Take my feelings someplace else Or let them slip right past I wonder what it is that keeps me here I wonder what it is that keeps This wedge growing so viciously Everything exists outside the world That I have been living in Well something’s got to give Suddenly the smell of smoke on everything When I pull up the driveway It seems I’m lost in time And I still can’t face Any of it, anything So lost in time I wonder what it is that keeps me here I wonder what it is that keeps me here I should be leaving it all So I’m leaving it all At the next standstill I will dive headfirst Into a future still unknown Screech out of this place With the past on my tail But at least I keep on going
2.	Walking, Flying 04:42	lyrics
The weather’s mild today Unclouded as I pass Translucent human At last All stretched Across the skies I follow slivers of light Glide into focus Can you see me now All stretched Across the skies I follow slivers of light Glide into focus A stolen shot Race back and forth All forecasts lost on me Everything just cleared up Even the city’s been cleaned up Caught a contour in the distance Overhead a fine glimpse of myself Everything just cleared up Everything just cleared up Can you feel it Change into such a beautiful day Nothing to keep me here Stalled in mid-air All obstacles on my path I push them into the past For the first time in a long time For the first time in a long time Walking, flying Everything just cleared up Even the city’s been cleaned up Caught a contour in the distance Overhead a fine glimpse of myself For the first time in a long time A heat wave on its way Stifling air The streets are sizzling Under my feet For the first time in a long time Radiance rushing through me Radiance rushing through me Can you see me Ease into such a beautiful day Everything just cleared up Everything just cleared up Can you feel it Change into such a beautiful day
3.	Cold City 03:18	lyrics
It feels like the first winter in years A dreamlike desire Sprung out of silence and fear Cold city Calling upon my memories I feel so torn, city Calling upon these memories In this still winter’s sun She’s the image that returns With all these tears unshed And all the words we never said How real is this love Cold city Calling upon my memories I feel so torn, city Calling upon these memories The snow upon these blackened streets A hardened hand A hardened body between frozen sheets A first shiver The first shiver in years Cold city
4.	Dragging 03:49	lyrics
Please be my guest And feast your eyes on The ordinariness Greeted by drag And lacklustre smiles Deadlocked in place And so out of touch I’ve been feeling so strange An empty heart is never deranged But these hands keep on Pushing and pulling me Into and out of unending days It’s been building for years, widespread From the gutters to the streets To the seams in your window panes Right to the stream in your veins Every memory fades Before it is even made But I can’t say I’m bothered I’d rather get rid of them all They got me feeling so strange Please be my guest And feast your eyes on The ordinariness Greeted by drag And lacklustre smiles Deadlocked in place And so out of touch Bereft of every sense Please be my guest And feast your eyes on The ordinariness Greeted by drag And lacklustre smiles Deadlocked in place And so out of touch Bereft of every sense It’s been building for years, widespread From the gutters to the streets To the seams in your window panes Right to the stream in your veins It all flows the same I’m not feeling like I should Feeling like I should I’m not feeling like I should Feeling like I should They got me feeling so strange An empty heart is never deranged But these hands keep on Pushing and pulling me Into and out of unending days It’s been building for years, widespread From the gutters to the streets To the seams in your window panes Right to the stream in your veins It all flows the same
5.	Something Good 03:17	lyrics
You see There was nothing left for me Another year of silence And all remained unchanged I counted down the days I counted down the days I counted down the days Then flicked the match away Now they come crawling from the distance Panic-stricken through the blaze Some things just keep dragging on You know some things just keep dragging on I smoked them out Can something good come out of this I went hunched under their holding For so long they owned me And had me in their grip You see it’s easy to conform To peace and comfort And leave it like it is I always left it like it is I smoked them out Can something good come out of this I smoked them out of their hiding just to expose them Wide-eyed and guttered, vaguely remorseful A moment of hope as they spill onto the streets Coughing their blame up right at my feet Nothing will ever happen here Now you see There was nothing left for me Another year of silence But all remained unchanged I counted down the days I counted down the days I counted down the days Then cleared myself away And as I crumble to my knees Unburdened from my shame I think this has taken way too long This has taken way too long Can something good come out of this I smoked them out of their hiding just to expose them Wide-eyed and guttered, vaguely remorseful A moment of hope as they spill onto the streets Coughing their blame up right at my feet I smoked them out
6.	Still, Disappearing 04:42	lyrics
So still, disappearing in A glistening field of snow You’re no longer tormented It just settles on your skin and rests A slow drawn breath Fogging up the cold air There’s so much beauty in your suffering So still, disappearing in A glistening field of white As I watch from my window See it settle on your skin and rest A slow drawn breath Fogging up the cold air All this beauty in your suffering Softening the coming end There’s so much beauty in your suffering What passes in a glance Is more than you can grasp Whatever passes in a glance Is only the shadow of these strange times These strange times Who saved the arsonist From their own fire Who brought the cold Back to your heart Who heeded the call Of a veiled desire Who brought the calm Back to your heart Everything undoes itself in the end Unfolds over time then crumples up again You hold time in your hands But find an empty palm instead An empty palm begging for anything To come your way I see How it seizes you How it holds you How it carries you off I see How it seizes you How it holds you How it carries you off What passes in a glance Is more than you can grasp Whatever passes in a glance Is only the shadow of these strange times These strange times And when the day breaks you are gone Only an imprint in the murky snow The city wakes at the crack of the dawn Sweeps the streets clear together with the thaw There’s nothing to do I won’t be coming back
7.	The Talker 03:07	lyrics
“You’ve never been much of a talker” Thank you for sparing me the shame Because every time I try to speak The attempt deforms my face You see, it’s not very pretty You shoved these words into my mouth And now they keep on dripping over the sides I try to wipe them with my sleeves It sticks like filth to my cheeks I’ve got this pile of identities But I like the one you gave me best I guess I’ll keep it as a souvenir While I get rid of all the rest You shoved these words into my mouth And I chewed them down then spit them out Like bite-sized syllables with a lack of meaning You shove these words into my mouth And I keep on chewing until they sound A bit more like mine It never speaks And if it speaks It speaks in fear “You’ve never been much of a talker” Thank you for sparing me the shame Because every time I try to speak The attempt deforms my face You shoved these words into my mouth And I chewed them down then spit them out Like bite-sized syllables with a lack of meaning You shove these words into my mouth And I keep on chewing until they sound A bit more like mine It never speaks And if it speaks It speaks in fear
8.	Balm (After Violence) 03:38	lyrics
A new day after a whole night Of watching the fire die out The sun drained to pure white Cold city all washed out I hope the snow won’t ever cease Just let it slowly douse the heat Try to touch me now, try to reach me I abide by myself and I’m breathing I dream of nothing but sweetness I dream of nothing but sweetness So still, so cold I close my eyes and let go I float, oh I float I give in to The great calm Come on, hang on The great calm She carries the cold through the streets A white veil over piles of debris It’s a soothing balm after violence Nestling in the cracks of this silence I don’t think this snow will ever cease Just let it slowly douse the heat They can’t touch me now, they can’t reach me I abide by myself and I’m breathing I dream of nothing but sweetness I dream of nothing but sweetness I really think the snow won’t ever cease Just let it slowly douse the heat A blinding glow where the sun used to be A blinding glow where the sun used to be Please let the snowing never cease Please let the snowing never cease So cold, so cold I close my eyes and let go I float, oh I float I get absorbed by The great calm Come on, hang on The great calm
9.	Poor Girl 03:47	lyrics
The poor girl She’s lying facedown in the snow Her palms black Her heart burned to the core A soft breeze Lifts the hair out of her face Uncovers sad sights A whole life left to freeze Oh poor girl Can’t you even spare me a smile You turned your one-man show into a crowd The latest talk of the town You turned your one-man show into a crowd The poor girl She’s lying facedown in the snow Her palms black Her heart burned to the core A soft breeze Lifts the hair out of her face Uncovers sad sights A whole life left to freeze Oh poor girl Can’t you even spare me a smile You turned your one-man show into a crowd A front row seat to tragedy Close enough to feel the heat First-hand experience Can’t you even spare me a smile A front row seat to tragedy Close enough to first-hand feel the heat Slit-eyed passers-by Don’t be deceived by what you see I’m still here Even though there seems to be nothing left of me I’ve been sheltering this flame Ever since I planned my escape A split second And I remember nothing of those years Have you ever seen something as beautiful as this
10.	Loose Ends 02:58	lyrics
It’s been days now My eyelids quiver The room it shivers Disrupting every straight line And then my sight drifts Everything shifts I’m flung from side to side Nothing to calm the air Watch out for the unease hiding in the truth Better huddle up and sway To the beat of my migraine Always picking up stranger’s bits Mould them into existence It’s been days now I roam the outskirts Keep far from the middle On one of many train lines And then my sight drifts Everything shifts I’m flung from side to side Nothing to calm the air Watch out for the unease hiding in the truth Better huddle up and sway To the beat of my migraine Always picking up stranger’s bits Mould them into existence It is hit or miss I leave and I reappear On a ground so unstable I’m reeling and I can’t take it All is shaken up from deep inside Every night I close my eyes to a different room Twist and writhe, then I wake up to a different view But when I peek through the blinds I’ll only find the same world that I tried to leave behind I’ve been scraping bits and pieces off the sidewalk Over all these years, created me, a many-faced feeble thing All my words unravel as I speak and I might be going crazy I’m reeling and I can’t take it I can’t take it, I can’t take it anymore Nothing is right, nothing is right I open the door, get smashed by the sun Can’t walk on my own but now I really need to run Leave then reappear
11.	Oceanic 04:28	lyrics
A slant of light through the window Lays to rest upon her shoulders As she floats amid swaying motes of dust She unfolds underneath me Like a delicate type of flower And she floats amid swaying motes of dust And I murmur that I love her I have never felt this I hold her Can she feel how much I love her Our fingers linger on the linen Outline the patterns of the sun Only moments Then a sudden stroke of skin I’m enlivened and I vibrate She tilts her head as I kiss her neck I see her for the first time again And I tell her that I love her I have never felt this I hold her She’s the wonder and I love her And I tell her that I love her I have never felt this I hold her She’s the wonder and I love her Only moments And a sudden stroke of skin She’s the wonder and I love her
12.	Try Me Again 04:19	lyrics
I left then I reappeared Neon-lights up ahead Cut deep through the evening I feel the boredom so sweetly seeping in Down in the streets a car alarm blares Windows are fogged black Smell of dead in the air Stopped the rot in its tracks as I shut the door I sat down in a dim-lit corner Figured all of this is hell But at least I stir the flames myself When I felt something simmer inside me I shook the shadow off my back Took a match and flicked it through it the air Now watch it rise Watch it rise I’m more of who I am And less of who I wanted to be This is me I’m more of who I am And less of who I wanted to be So I dance with the flashes all through the night Strike poses for the life-drained masses Expose my own path through the wreckage Your eyes have always missed me by an inch Yet you claimed to know me better than whoever Well I bet you have never really seen me like this I’m more of who I am And less of who I wanted to be This is me This is who I am This is what I’ll be in the end This is me This is me This is who I’ll be in the end Nothing worse can happen Let the flames lick your wounds Even if you deem yourself ruined And the saviour skips their part Just let it shake This is who I am This is what I’ll be in the end This is me This is what I am This is who I’ll be in the end I’ve tried So many times Every single day Every night To be who I am To be more of me And it’s fine It’s so fine I’ll take pride In what’s mine Why don’t you try me again now A sudden flicker of a light Signs to a change of times Well I’m on fire now So here it goes I gladly take this blow Breathe out the past Tear all the skin of my flesh And turn it all to ash

about

OUT FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Written after the release of ‘Several Others’, over a period of two years, ‘The Great Calm’ is Whispering Sons’ third full length. The album was recorded in icy winter over a total of four weeks. In December 2022, the band went to Audioworkx in Hoogeloon (The Netherlands) to lay the groundwork of the album. A couple of weeks later, in January 2023, the band took to Vlieland, an island on the Dutch coast, to record the vocals in all tranquility and finalize the album. The twelve songs were eventually mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer, who also did the band’s previous album, and mastered by Laurens Grossen.

Whispering Sons decided to self-produce this record together with Bert Vliegen, who had been the engineer on both ‘Image’ and ‘Several Others’ and became a band member after he took over on bass in 2021. The band set themselves a challenge, but were confident that they had learned much over the years. With Bert’s expertise as a producer and a determined Whispering Sons, having greater creative control paid off. The recording of ‘The Great Calm’ became a true collaboration, in which every band member could express something of themselves, and which ultimately brought the band closer together.

‘The Great Calm’ is an album that might surprise long-standing Whispering Sons followers. It’s less dark than ‘Several Others’ and less grand than ‘Image’. Yet that typical Whispering Sons identity is still inherent in every song, as the band never strays far from their raw energy and emotion. ‘The Great Calm’ might be more uplifting and playful, but the ominous undertone is still lurking. With an album set to release in February 2024, the band is eager to show themselves and play their new music live.

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released February 23, 2024

Music by Whispering Sons
Words by Fenne Kuppens

Produced by Bert Vliegen and Whispering Sons
Engineered by Michiel de Maeseneer
Mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer
Mastered by Laurens Grossen

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