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afterlight

by DAGMAR

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Karen Langseth
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Karen Langseth I sensed a bit of Vince Guaraldi meets celtic jazz. Somewhat whimsical background with down to earth lyrics...makes me want to live back in Montana. Big Sky country commands you to feel very small, the wide open landscape puts you in your place. I get the same feeling now floating in the backwaters of the Mississippi River living in Bellevue, IA...we are no more important than the catfish, turtles, and herons. Favorite track: How Small.
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1.
what do you want what do you want what do you want what do you want i wish my pages would erase themselves as i go along like a sweater undone by a single string my voice would just fade out poetry is not for us anymore poetry is not for us anymore i’m already tired of trying to find the right words to spell out what do you want what do you want what do you want what do you want my heart opens, i breath you in as you walk away now i'm barefoot on this cold hard floor in this empty space poetry is not for us anymore poetry is not for us anymore i’m already tired of trying to find the right words to spell out let me get out, let me out, let me get out let me get out, let me out, let me get out what do you want what do you want what do you want what do you want
2.
Movie Screen 04:24
houses all around surrounding bodies moving looking out a window watching movies am i really here am i really here sidewalks pass beneath my feet rolls of film if i reach my hand to touch them broken mirror am i really here am i really here i’m pretty sure that, everyone has a submarine especially me i’m pretty sure that, everyone has a window screen especially me i’m not so sure that, anyone is an open book especially me am i really here am i really here am i really here am i really here
3.
Tumbleweed 04:31
trouble me, i'll trouble you tumbleweed i'm coming down, coming down challenge me, i'll challenge you tumbleweed i'll throw you down the battle i didn't want to fight i'm fighting it, fighting it now the more you try, the more we die the moment I, knew how you lie fool... reservoir evaporated cracks in the ground, you're falling down sever your roots from mine let the wind carry you the battle I didn't want to fight i'm fighting it, fighting it now the more you try, the more we die the moment i, knew how you lie fool... i still remember, when we first met a trick, a true dream washed away Washed away
4.
Echo 04:01
i shot a deer in the throat i watched him hungry for air ground spread stains and the air hung a sweet sweet salt but I’ve held heavier things i've held heavier things i put a hole in the wall ‘cos I had no where else to go i crawled inside to hide hide inside a pile of dust but I’ve held heavier things i’ve held heavier things echo, I have found you echo, I have found you ooooo echo, I have found you echo, I have found you i've held heavier things i've held heavier things echo, I have found you echo, I have found you
5.
Sunrise 05:43
sunrise and all i have to think about is how i miss you between the sheets of my empty bed sometimes i need to curl up in a ball so that the sun can bleach it all from my hair the smell you left there so leaves turn the time and i'll turn out fine and you will fade along the line moonrise when all the warmth has gone to sleep and only cold stars light up my skin it's hard to breathe in i'm wishing you were never scarred and i hope from the bottom of my heart that you'll be always warm always warm today i heard a story about a boy whose parents left him to the wolves his heart it filled with noise, in turn he poisoned all who offered a kind word the people gave him back the same, the moon did wax and wane. who is to blame? the cycle set, we all regret this downward pace is never to be changed and my son who never learned to love and my son i'd never leave you out to rust
6.
How Small 04:59
heyaaaaa hey heyaaaaa hey face to face the knives come out battle's begun we know each other no more in our own eyes exalted oooooo i always want to live in large open spaces so I will never forget how small i am so i can feel small i always want to live in large open spaces so i will never forget how small gravity let go of me emptied sky, beneath my feet oooooo heyaaaaa hey heyaaaaa hey heyaaaaa hey heyaaaaa hey sheets of smoke fold over us melting us into the ground erased from it all this is how we lose ooooooo i always want to live in large open spaces so i will never forget how small i am so i can feel small i always want to live in large open spaces so i will never forget how small
7.
Naked 03:50
hell has crept in here how can this be bliss they're all gonna leave 1, 2, and 4 and 5 and 6 and one i can't stand it take off all your clothes Take off all your clothes empty in empty out let me in let it out they're all gonna leave 1, 2, and 4 and 5 and 6 and one shed your skin cut off all your hair empty in empty out let me in let it out they're all gonna leave this is the only way to heaven on earth, you say one by one we break through this fantasy watching your walls come down, come down
8.
Shelter Us 04:22
oh hold, these winter skies and dark hide in the sun to eventually crumble and find their home hey this braid this hallowed place undone shelter my son his wavering footsteps will find their rest hey shapes of dust they fall from the sky six arms extend one thousand times this braid this braid this hallowed place shapes of dust they fall from the sky six arms extend one thousand times hey shelter us shelter us shelter us shelter us
9.
My Wolves 03:51
my love, your wolves crawl into my heart and grow a black hole my love, this is the life we made i'm coming down i'm coming down i'm coming down coming down i'm without you i'm without you when i'm with you i'm without you I'm numb numb my love, your wolves crawl into my heart and grow a black hole my love, this is the life we made

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released June 6, 2015

Recorded and Mixed at Flat Black Studios, Iowa City by Luke Tweedy, Dana Telsrow, & Dagmar
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering, Chicago
Produced by Dana Telsrow with Dagmar
Dagmar is Gemma Cohen & Miranda Mallard
All songs written by Dagmar
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, & 8 written in collaboration with Darla Murphy
Track 4 written in collaboration with Ben Fields

Gemma Cohen, vocals, & bass
Miranda Mallard, vocals, keyboard, & guitar
Dana Telsrow, guitar & bass
Justin LeDuc, percussion
Lee Anne Blackmore, violin
Olivia Wells, violin
Ursula Dial, cello
Blake Shaw, double bass
Cody Rhodes, percussion

Album design and artwork by Two Fold Creative Studios
Photography by Colin Buzza

Special thanks to all the musicians near and far that inspire us, especially our former bandmate, Darla Murphy. Thank you to the phenomenal musicians and friends who performed on this album. Dana and Justin, you are truly part of our Dagmar family. Thank you for adding so much artistry and magic, along with such dedication and commitment to our music, you take our sound to the next level. To our handsome Mr. Foley, aka Luke Tweedy, Beefcake and Studmuffin could not have done this without you. Thank you for putting up with our meticulous natures, and investing so much energy and soul into our songs. Thank you Frankie and James for reflecting our sound in your beautiful artwork. Thank you to our amazingly supportive parents, you have all contributed so much, thank you for believing in us! To the sweetest most special human, Eli, thank you for supporting Dag--maar in all the ways a toddler can. Thank you to our dear friends for supporting our mission: Rob, Alana, Eric, David, Jonnie, Colin, Cody, Debbie, Erick, Tim, the whole town of Fairfield, Iowa, and all of our generous contributors!

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DAGMAR San Francisco, California

Dagmar is an indie classical, harmony driven band currently based out of San Francisco. Dagmar's sound is raw, challenging, a vulnerable vocal driven exposition of Medieval harmonies and uncrumpled diaries.

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