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BrotherStranger

by Lowland Hum

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1.
Albatross 07:16
On a pitch black night with gossamer wings Beating out just around the edges A golden albatross burst onto the scene Like arrows filled with fire poking holes in my dreams Making way for a mountain and a river flowing free I hear bells Closer than my skin A silver tone pierced a stock-still night The clapper struck the bell with thunder Its echoes filled the earth with violent shaking sounds The people woke and stood on hill and hallowed ground The sound so bright it released them from their shadows I hear bells Closer than my skin A coal laid on my tongue A vision broke my thumbs A golden thorn pierced my scorn And a newer light is born A man pulls back the string on a single bow of bronze It was fitted with the sharpest of arrows He aimed it toward the void He aimed it to destroy The crippling lies of cynics and fools Yet the tip was filled with seeds Which grew up into mighty trees And the forest came back up around the city
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3.
Good morning good morning a new day begins Hoping and praying this is not the end I thought I heard the gates of heaven close I thought I heard God’s voice saying no Everyday I’m walking back and forth along the floor Visions disturb me I can’t think clear no more I’m thinking I’m gonna die alone I’m thinking I ain’t ever going home I spend all my time alone and my thoughts change what I see I’ve been so long with myself that I’m all I even dream Reality is gone from my sight My own mind has hidden all the light Rain falls lightly on my window and I hear the steady sound My tears strike the floor with a force that’s surely profound But I thought I heard the gates of heaven close I thought I heard God’s voice saying no But today I saw a light appear in the corner of my room I thought maybe an angel came to save me from my gloom I’m hanging on to anything I can I’m hoping that straws can hold a man Then my lover’s voice calls to me its faint and hard to hear I strain my ears to listen but no sound is louder than my fear I wish I could believe what you say I wish I could stop crying and be brave I think I could believe what you say I see myself in your eyes the way I used to be Maybe stronger that’s a dream I hope to see I’ll let you in and try one more time I’ll search the horizon for a sign I’ll search the horizon for a sign
4.
Which of us is not always a stranger Who has found the lost-lane into heaven Which of us has known his lonely brother Who has seen into his father’s heart O lost Who knows where to go to find the kingdom Will our mouths keep searching endlessly Which of us will not be broken by desire With a heart too big and heaven pumping through the veins O lost Without words our lips move noiselessly For the lost language we search endlessly Who has seen April be the lion I still see the rains come down in May
5.
I guess I’d better take off my shoes I guess I’d better learn to be used I’m humbled down to the ground I think it’s ok to be confused It just doesn’t change the tune May truth soak in to the spaces underneath my skin May my blood turn white and my stomach be filled with light I don’t trust my songs Or the places I’ve grown strong Or the feelings in my bones To tell the truth Some things don’t make sense logically
6.
Enemies 07:17
When I met you I was drawn By your face marked with tears not your own I gave you a sad book to read You stayed up all night crying about greed With time ticking softly all June We laughed at nonsense to make room Both hearts had been beat up and bruised By petty and selfish ones used Symphonies of sideways glances Hands grazed and midnight romances Fairytales stories and feasts Brilliant lights just out of reach You lived many miles away So we gently moved closer each day You calmed me with unfettered words I wept and my vision was blurred So I’d fight your enemies I’d brave the seven seas I’d break my back in the service of a queen All I do is crumble underneath At times your pain would appear A black serpent full of fire and fear I’d cry out and loose sleep Nightmares upon me would creep Your friends always left you undone Their selfishness eclipsing the sun You called out to heaven above You called out for unhurried love Piece by piece I came to know The broken down town where you’d grown Nice places kind people you’d seen And darkness so ugly and mean You found bright places in the dust Light reflected up among the rust You held tight to innocence Hoping it could not be taken by force So I’d fight your enemies I’d brave the seven seas I’d break my back in the service of a queen All I do is crumble underneath You fought brave against the tide With odds against you ran to hide Wish I’d been there to shield the blows Wish I’d been there to hold your clothes I realized that I could not save you I realized that I’d never be that brave I pushed until I had to wait I waited till you pushed me away Then one day the sky above was clear The towering demons were nowhere near Sacred songs filtered through the clouds Rescue came down with joyous sounds Finally you knew you could sleep At last you were not afraid to think Your heart held together every day One came to fight, that man made a way
7.
We used to laugh Dancing around the garden I used to cry and you would smile and wipe my eyes And you tell me this is not the end Now you’ve faded out its dark where you used to be Now you’ve faded out there’s a star where you used to be I call your name but you say you can’t know me anymore The weight of a bloodline the wake of your bloodline Like a millstone tied around the neck rushing blue to black
8.
White walls shimmer tall and wide Spotless spires from on high Flawless features carved in white Blinding light cleansed my eyes From my birth the truth was plain With pure heart life on earth was pain Repulsed by everything I saw My mind became my home In the hollow tree I cried Cradled in your angel arms Perfect prisms I imposed Upon your childish brow Abra you are my true love The only girl I can see All through life you’ll walk with me In death we’ll meet our Maker From my birth the truth was plain With a pure heart life on earth was pain Repulsed by everything I saw My mind became my home Strong of arms and swift of mind My brother watched over me Silent and still my father roamed The farm grew wild and free One day I met my lost mother It filled my soul with blackened smoke The world had lost all light for me So I packed my bags to fight Off to war I went to die River Jordan flood this world May water cover every stone Till perfect stillness fills the air And peace may find a home
9.
Do You? 05:09
Cutting eyes toward the prize underneath the jagged skyline Looking like teeth in a straight line shining unnatural white You hear a stirring sound Familiar and profound To you You don’t know what it is Do you On every weekend night, stockcar racing stripes blur like a springtime rite Blanket stares, violent and unawares, unwrap silver token cares Narrowed eyes and fists held upright, cursing the silent night sky You feel the shaking ground You tremble at the sound Below you The truth is sharp as spears Inside you Capitalize your name on the billboard sign and put flashing lights beside Confirming blue and black as the hues on the righteous track the ones that will bring you back
10.
Rocks and trees move for me People lift your hands I’s born with a silver tongue Words will rise with stacked up sighs Piled neat and high From birth’s first light God gave me piercing sight Symphony Pour from me Fill the air with ease I met a girl worth singing for The first one I could not ignore On our wedding day she passed away Went down to hell to spring her from that jail My songs unlocked the gates I tried to bring her home but I looked back and she was gone Symphonies Landlocked me Robbed my nights of sleep Thought I had the devil fooled but even he’s got rules I’m cursed to wander alone The song in me plants the deepest seeds Deep in the night in the middle of May I leaned in close and thought I heard her say My love wait for me now and always
11.
57 04:15
My soul is in the midst of lions Awake my glory Awake the dawn The children of man Whose teeth are spears and arrows Are all around me Awake my glory Awake the dawn
12.
Family Name 13:51
I remember thinking, even when I’s just a child That my eyes seemed darker and my heart was cold and wild I looked to my brother and saw what I lack It cuts me to the bone like the battle’s fiery flak My gift just won’t do You want what he’s got don’t you I can see it in your eyes Fear where love should reside But black is the day When I sent to the grave The light of my family name I love my father as much as I can I hate my mother for the darkness she passed down When I can’t sleep I walk into town Where I see an evil circus with shadows for clowns People come undone before me like poorly bound books Unwrapping under my gaze and fraying while I look I press them and test them and use them for laughs But I don’t find it funny though it helps the time pass My gift just won’t do You want what he’s got don’t you I can see it in your eyes Fear where love should reside But black is the day When I sent to the grave The light of my family name When silence creeps in liquid darkness fills my head And jealous thoughts come rapid fire filling my stomach with lead I drive you down to your knees to show myself I’m a man But I just broke your spirit and I’ve got your blood on my hands I feel a lot of regret but not quite enough After giving all I knew to give I still got treated so rough My heart keeps on beating long after memories fade I still don’t like to see myself it reminds me of your grave Brother stand beside me Brother forgive my darkest deed Father am I destined to lose Father can’t I choose <Chorus> I’ve been haunted by the notion that we’re all on some set track Forced and trapped in our bodies like some twisted heart attack But knowing is not forcing me to react And the pathway is not hidden and love is not abstract

about

This album was recorded during a beautiful, windy and wild year on the Chesapeake Bay inside of an old library.

credits

released September 17, 2011

Hanneke Cassel-fiddle (Gates of Heaven)
Jozef Luptak-cello (Albatross)
David Covington-upright bass (Brother Stranger)
Edd Kerr-electric guitars, ghost landscapes, vibrance (Albatross, Brother Stranger, Family Name, Blue to Black)
Lauren Plank-vocals, textures (Brother Stranger, Gates of Heaven, Do You, 57)
Payton Odom-vocals (Family Name)
Guion Pratt-vocals, visions (Enemies, Do You, others)
TFA class of 2011-handclaps, vocals, signs, wonders, support (Guess I’d Better Take Off My Shoes, Silver Tongue, More Than One Way)

All songs written by Daniel Levi Goans
“Brother Stranger” written by Daniel Levi Goans and Liz Kraszeski
“57” written by Daniel Levi Goans and Lauren Plank
All songs © 2011 Daniel Levi Goans Music (ASCAP)

Produced by Daniel Levi Goans
Recorded, mixed and engineered by Daniel Levi Goans at the Old Library
Additional mixing by David Wimbish at Studio D
Mastered by Brent Lambert at Kitchen Mastering
Design: Lauren Plank
Photography: Lauren Plank

Daniel Levi Goans uses ADK Microphones
Daniel Levi Goans plays Rigaud Guitars

For booking information email daniel@daniellevigoans.com
www.daniellevigoans.com
www.myspace.com/daniellevigoans

Daniel Levi Goans would like to thank:
Triune God Almighty, my father and mother, Pach, Chad, my extended family, dearLEP, edd, Guion, The Machine, Hampton, Will Gray, Cash Family, Pittmans, Kitch, William, Andrew, Bob and Bob at Rigaud Guitars, Larry at ADK Microphones, Allen and Gary Levi, Colt, Christian, Zan and Deborah Fleming with their staggering piano and view, Bill and Bette Webb, David and Sharon Covington, Grady and Sarah, Liam and Parks, Kevin and Mindy, Becky, MG, Lauren, JJJ, Anna, Sarah, Julia, John, Parker, DA, Graham and Jennifer, Payton, Roger and Aly, Dawn, Joyce, Val, Sherry, Cleedis, Fence and Beth, Drystan, Scott, Jon and Danielle, Bob and Nicole, Kimmel sisters and family, my parent’s small group, Janice, Kristin, Rick, Brooke and Ava, Nate and Jacob, Leo, Liz, Allison, Molly, Sam, Marlowe, Luke and Tay, Matthew and Robin, Stock and Page, Madison and Pamela, Pat, Perk, Chris, Hiser, Squatty, Taylor Thompson, Marshall Benbow, Nick Loftlin, Steve Lynam, Paul and Justin, Matt Shatto, Andy and Laura, Diane Wise, James Goans, James Wolfe, David and Catie Eller, Lee, Royal Oak, the Perk, Osprey Point, The Chesapeake Bay with its gulls and sunsets, Trinity Forum Academy, St. Stephens AME family, Os, Skip, Bill, Charlie, Andree and Andrea, Kelly, Andy, James, Paul, Bob, Bruce, Woody, Van, Josh, King George, Steinbeck, Wolfe, PG Tips, The Gentlemen Lately, The War.

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Lowland Hum Charlottesville, Virginia

Lowland Hum is looking for ways to serve you.
They have time, will and the means of production.

For over twelve years they've been a landing strip for your lesser-loved emotions. You can go listen to all of that if you like; eight albums, several EPs, yadda yadda.

They aren't slowing down. Except metaphysically.

Lauren and Daniel Goans are into DIY. They make their own music and art.
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