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Hearts Born New

from Sefan by Anhaga

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A song about the circular nature of life and death.

Inspired in part by visits to the Bronze Age burial mounds known as the Kings Graves or Devils Humps which overlook the ancient yew forest of Kingley Vale. There is a myth that the local men of Chichester defeated a Viking war party here, and the Viking leaders are buried in the mounds, with the rest of the warriors laying where they fell beneath the yew trees. There may be some truth in the story as the Anglo-Saxon chronicle records a victory for the local garrison over marauding Danes in AD 894.

Inspiration was also taken from the Bronze Age practises of removing the bones of relatives from burial mounds, only to be replaced when buried with later generations. There has been recent evidence found of human bones being turned into keepsakes, such as whistles and amulets, which were later buried with related younger bones.

The ways in which we remember the dead have changed over the millennia, but the notion of life and death still connects us with all our ancestors and future relatives.

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Hearts cry loud
Tears fall down
Wrapped in shroud
Raised from ground

Seas stir shores
Cold lands thaw
Hel calls for
One soul more

Old tales tell
Foes who fell
Wyrd did sell
Time's old spell

Dead souls flew
Green hills grew
Bones fall to
Hearts born new

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from Sefan, released December 11, 2020
The Solitary One
Written and produced by George Sykes

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Anhaga seeks a connection with the human ages that came before us and in turn, their connection to the natural world.

We are connected to them as they are connected to us.

Building instruments and collecting sounds from nature and ancient places, Anhaga tries to offer a way of remembering those connections to the past and the natural world, rather than trying to recreate what came before. ... more

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