Words For The Dead / Words From The Dead, by Deidre Huckabay

Words For The Dead / Words From The Dead

by Deidre Huckabay

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We will all die someday. Something has to die today. To obtain your clear, hi-fi cassette with gold foil liner, you must cut open a plush teddy bear, dolly, dog, dolphin, or other creature. Please note every plush toy is different. Feel free to request a certain animal, understanding that choices are limited. All plush toys are pre-owned (purchased from thrift stores) and are thoroughly sanitized before shipping.

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1.	Intonation 1 12:15	buy track
2.	Words For The Dead 10:16	buy track
3.	Intonation 2 11:20	buy track
4.	Intonation 3 24:25	buy track
5.	Words From The Dead 13:54	buy track

about

I

LOVE

YOU

STAY

WITH

ME

TIL

I

GO

Words for the Dead / Words from the Dead is a first-time solo recording project I created in an attempt to transmit messages to and from lost loved ones. The record is a series of complex and long-decaying tones that evolve and ultimately disintegrate over the course of more than an hour. I encourage those who listen to it to practice letting go—letting go of the tones as they evaporate, letting go of thoughts, desires, and feelings, letting go of the ego along with them.

There is grief at work here, too. I believe the incessant intonation of these decaying sounds, together with the special kind of listening they ask for, creates an opportunity to experience deep grief. You will hear that I make an earnest effort to sing-shout a message to a deceased loved one on Side A. On this record, and in my life, I am always listening for messages from them. Although I am expressing a personal grief on the record, I hope the record connects people to their own feelings of loss. Grief doesn’t have to come in the form of a loved one’s death. It comes with every sincere effort to transform or change, to meet the given circumstance with integrity and courage. Eventually, I will let go of grief along with everything else—but for now, I’m content to have this record as a reminder of my experience of loss in this moment.

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released April 23, 2021

Written and recorded by Deidre Huckabay.
Mixed and mastered by Zach Moore.
Album art by Deidre Huckabay.

I created Words for the Dead / Words from the Dead during a residency at the Edgar Miller Legacy’s Glasner Studio in Chicago in January 2021. This project is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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