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No Moon

by Black Wing

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1.
I’ve got time to myself, but I don’t want it. Time slows, and it shows that I can’t grow up. So I’ll grow in. Don’t hold your breath for it. When you get better, I get worse. So don’t hold your breath for it.
2.
Ominous 80 06:01
I don’t know what I want. But I’m open to a flood. A cleansing might be good. Should I sign my name in blood? I don’t know who I’ve fought. But I probably shouldn’t hope That everyone but us Goes and fucking chokes. I only have so long. I’ve only just begun. And I’m already done. That’s the story that I love. That’s the story that I wrote. I don’t know who I’ve lost. And I don’t know who I fuck. But I’ve never had much luck. And I know it isn’t love That I’m thinking of.
3.
I want impossible things: I want to love and to be loved. This just doesn’t feel right.
4.
Is this real life? Is it real life? Or am I really so stupid? Jesus. Christ. Am I even here? Am I even here? Or am I really so stupid To think you’d care. When I look, all I feel is guilt. Guilt. Crying over spilled milk. This is real life, this is real life. And I am really so stupid. Jesus Christ. And when I look? All I feel is guilt.
5.
Always Hurt 02:48
6.
Vulnerable 05:09
I wrote my best song when I was 21 And I knew nothing about anything. Now I know it all about nothing at all. And I can’t write anything. You try too hard. It shouldn’t be so hard.
7.
Sleep Apneac 06:31
8.
Is this real life? Is it real life? Or am I really so stupid? Jesus. Christ. Am I even here? Am I even here? Or am I really so stupid To think you’d care. When I look, all I feel is guilt. Guilt. Crying over spilled milk. This is real life, this is real life. And I am really so stupid. Jesus Christ. And when I look? All I feel is guilt.
9.
Twinkling 13:27
No lie: You’re the only one I care about, the only one I hope stays alive. And I’ll die before I ever say those words aloud. I’m safe inside and never coming out. No moon. Because how can I know? There’s always a last time.

about

Dan Barrett— the man behind Have A Nice Life, Giles Corey, and Enemies List Home Recordings— has unveiled details for his sophomore album as the electronic project Black Wing. Due out December 11th on The Flenser, No Moon is a gorgeous chillwave/post-punk record with nine bleak yet blissful songs and is a fitting close out to the year 2020.

Written over the course of the last few years, with about half of the songs penned over the last six months (mostly due to pandemic “free time”), No Moon is a heart-wrenchingly honest outpour of emotion. Throughout the writing process, Barrett was having recurring dreams and felt a strange sense of timelessness — that, combined with quarantine is what he simply describes as “a weird experience.” Barrett explains, “Quarantine was profoundly isolating. With writing this record, more than anything I just wanted to prove to myself that I could make something out of it. That ended up being a lot of songs about feeling isolated, a lot of ‘trapped in my own head’ moments. I think that was a lot of people’s experience as well.”

Barrett formed Black Wing in the mid-2010’s as an opposite to his project Giles Corey; where Giles started as ‘only acoustic instruments allowed,’ Black Wing started with only digital instruments. In 2015, Black Wing released its first proper full length, …Is Doomed, to great critical acclaim. Much like that album, No Moon bubbles with electronica and indie-pop with earworm melodies and affecting lyrics. But No Moon is a transitional change from Black Wing’s debut; the songs here are a bit more experimental and there’s a significantly wider emotional range to them.
The lyrics are haunting and personal and resonate deeply with the listener.

The nine new tracks on No Moon are gloomy yet glorious, heavy while ambient, overwhelming yet alluring, and offer an earnest and honest look into ones self during such a troubling and confusing year — something we all can relate to. Look for No Moon to be available on December 11th from The Flenser and pre-order the album here.

credits

released December 11, 2020

Black Wing is Dan Barrett.
No Moon was recorded in an office between 2015 and 2020. Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur.
Covert art by Rino Pelli.
“Moonless” Interior art by Christian Degn.
“Hospital” art by Angie Hewitt.
Black Wing logo by Stephen Wilson.
Layout and design by Suzanne Yeremyan.
Thanks to everyone who supports my work, especially those in the Legrand Society. Their support went directly to purchasing much of the equipment used on this record.

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