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A 6-panel Digipak featuring artwork by Blew the Veils' Vivien McDermid.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
6-panel Digipak CD plus a limited edition book featuring artwork by Blew the Veils' Vivien McDermid.
This 210mm x 210mm softback book features 48 pages of Vivien's mixed media paintings and collages, all created for the 'Lampwork' project.
Vivien McDermid is a painter and songwriter based in Edinburgh.
Recent exhibitions include ‘Over Under Winter Summer’ at Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh and the group show ‘Chorus’ at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.
“McDermid’s paintings are the physical manifestation of a curious mind. They are ethereal and truly captivating, transporting the viewer into a dark and playful world” Susie Brown, Founder of TRADE artists residency.
Includes unlimited streaming of Lampwork
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
“An ocean-spanning tender art-pop collaboration… The result is the hushed and beautiful album ‘Lampwork’” The Scotsman
“One of the most emotionally varied and emotionally engaging records to have landed in our collective inbox” SNACK
Blew the Veils is a new musical and visual collaboration between Scottish artist Vivien McDermid and Icelandic singer-songwriter Benedikt H. Hermannsson.
'Lampwork' is the duo's debut release. It's a collection of warm art-pop with emotive melodies and surreal folk lyrics with an accompanying limited-edition book of artworks by Vivien.
The roots of the project stem from McDermid's multi-faceted approach to painting, which sees her incorporate clay, wood, fabric and found objects into her experiments. While instinctive in her approach, McDermid found herself surprised by words floating to the surface.
These evocative everyday fantasias were woven into lyrics and sent to Hermannsson in the form of scribbles and typewritten sheets, and the songwriting process would begin with guest musicians visiting the studio over the coming weeks and months.
The result of this two-year collaboration has grown into a work of lustrous beauty.
Vivien McDermid is a painter and songwriter based in Edinburgh. Recent exhibitions include 'Over Under Winter Summer' at Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh and the group show 'Chorus' at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.
"McDermid's paintings are the physical manifestation of a curious mind. They are ethereal and truly captivating, transporting the viewer into a dark and playful world" Susie Brown, Founder of TRADE artists residency.
Based in Iceland, Benedikt H. Hermannsson's band Benni Hemm Hemm has toured widely, written music for theatre plays and performed at art festivals and all kinds of happenings worldwide. The band have released ten albums (written and produced by Benedikt) to critical acclaim…
"Whispy, ruminative strums with brass, strings, and fiercely emotive rhythms." Pitchfork
"Hearty brass sugared with glockenspiel and Hawaiian-whine guitar — that evoked both the ragged glories of Broken Social Scene and the sunshine prospect of Brian Wilson conducting a troupe of Salvation Army horns at a 1967 Smile session." Rolling Stone Magazine
THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER CHILL OUT CD.....a head expanding compilation. marimbas, nature and so much more....... psychedelic ambience,sits with free formed jazz for a newer age .
very good indeed. blackledge falling
an extremely beautiful exploration into organic joy, that touches the heart via acoustic overlays and futuristic shakes. Detailed summer sonic spirals have left me eager to hear more from this paring of talents . ps sent special delivery just before Christmas, at no extra cost to myself and packaged more luxuriously than any previously received record. this was hugely appreciated.10 outta 10. blackledge falling
This album becomes a fully immersive experience with the accompanying booklet.The photography, artwork and written work add enormously to the joy of listening. The quality of the booklet adds a very tactile element to this digital release. topographix
The gorgeous and gripping new record from Anika Pyle features minimalist folk & pop songs that struggle to make sense of loss. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 21, 2021
This remix LP reframes songs from Dear Nora’s “Skull Example,” sometimes making them sleeker, sometimes disassembling them entirely. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2019