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Something to Behold

by Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley

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Having recently announced their new album Oceans of Time, due Sept 16th via Sacred Bones and sharing the first single "All Flowers In Time", Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley are back with their new track "Something To Behold".

On the track, Oliveira said, "'Something to Behold' bloomed out of a feeling of anxiety that had been creeping up on me more and more; living far from my family, watching loved ones getting older or in harm's way. I fear losing them to time; not fearing my own mortality, but being left alone on this planet. To me, this is one of the most difficult cognitive challenges we earthly creatures have to grapple with - all we can do is try to merely soothe the sinking feeling by basking in the love we hold for others, and accepting our fate. The imagery of the song draws from Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, an epic poem retelling the biblical story of the fall from grace of Adam and Eve - and, thus, of humankind. Upon first hearing the instrumental track of the song, I was hypnotized by the cyclical movements that immediately felt like a mantra to me - so I came up with a simple, lyrical meditation. The echoing, overlapping vocals as the track progresses are akin to those intrusive thoughts keeping you up at night, and simultaneously a calming mantra to then recite to yourself."

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LYRICS:

All those creatures lonely by default
Such a wondrous sight to behold

And some of them fought their lot
But some things are not meant to get old
Still I could never be calloused to the world
Some things are not meant to get old

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay
We‘re kept warm by its eternal flame

And some bemoaned their fate
But some things were never meant to get old
Still I could never be calloused to the world
Because some things are not meant to get old

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released August 10, 2022
Track written by Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley
Produced and mixed by Dean Hurley
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering

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Gloria de Oliveira Berlin, Germany

German-Brazilian multidisciplinary visual artist and musician

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