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LOW STOCK LEVEL
1-2 Weeks
01. Snow Ghosts - Keening
02. Snow Ghosts - Rip
03. Snow Ghosts - Heavy Heart
04. Snow Ghosts - Horizon
05. Snow Ghosts - Spinners
06. Snow Ghosts - Ribcage
07. Snow Ghosts - Black Widow
08. Snow Ghosts - Surrender
09. Snow Ghosts - Tear Your Eyes
10. Snow Ghosts - Threnody
11. Snow Ghosts - Wraith
12. Snow Ghosts - Silence
ARTIST
TITLE
A Quiet Ritual
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
HTH 103CD HTH 103CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/24/2019

Centering on the theme of death, A Quiet Ritual seeks to process the shock and grief of bereavement and its aftermath, as well as casting back across history and other cultures for their own metaphors and coping strategies. Snow Ghosts explain, "A Quiet Ritual maps out stages of the grieving process and how every individual deals with it in their own unique way. Most importantly how they handle their own heart and the other fragile hearts inevitably scattered around them. The song 'Rip' is about the initial shock of grief, the effect it has on loved ones and the untimely destruction of dreams." Recorded in a castle in the countryside and two years in the making, A Quiet Ritual is written for an ensemble of classical and modern instruments including the carnyx, an Iron Age Celtic boar-headed horn excavated from a bog in Deskford, Scotland. For the carnyx, they enlisted the services of John Kenny, one of just a few musicians able to play the instrument and the first to do so in modern times. The mix of instruments is indicative of the idiosyncratic timelessness common to this album and all of their previous works: having had a historical context present on their previous albums, the inclusion of the carnyx ties the release together, combining ritualistic themes with an instrument commonly used in rituals or as an offering in ancient culture. CD version comes in gatefold sleeve.

Snow Ghosts are Ross Tones, Hannah Cartwright, and Oliver Knowles. Formed in 2008, their musical interests reside in our own time, the beginning of time and all points between. The trio explore the complex weave of the eternal, love, death and nature through the contemporary mediums of genres spanning electronica, post-rock and heavier sounds to create an immersive, physical ambience.