The Sacred Vowel

from The Sacred Vowel by Extra Life

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The compact disc of the Extra Life album "The Sacred Vowel". Comes with high-quality digital download (MP3, WAV, FLAC). Digipack, with 4 panel insert.

Art and layout by Zev Deans. Ships around the end of April.

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lyrics

So sheer the cliff, the sea so old
Mouth agape to fuse with the indifferent mist
Archaic awe

That broken seal, that fatal yawn
Join with time’s unbroken wind of melody
Feeling small

Drown the word
God moves through something dumb
Prayer of raw material, the wordless tongue
No idea, no idea, no idea
The Sacred Vowel

Becoming waves, becoming stone
Open word, open body, open door
When I breathe, continuity, before and after me

Wash the ink, my tired diary
with ichor of illiterate, forgetful song
Meaning nothing, meaning nothing, meaning nothing
Can I just sing?

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from The Sacred Vowel, released April 5, 2024

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about

Extra Life Queens, New York

Extra Life was formed in 2007 as the main vehicle for New York-based guitarist/ composer/ singer, Charlie Looker. The music is a fusion of aggressive math rock, dark dramatic pop, modern classical, and ancient liturgical music. Looker was a founding member of NY noise-chamber outfit Zs, and of industrial metal band Psalm Zero.

Extra Life went on hiatus in 2013, and returned in full force in 2022. ... more