Edition of 300 copies, pressed on Black and Cream Galaxy vinyl available by mail-order only. First 150 copies come with ceremonial, orthodox, pure-beeswax handmade taper candles entwined with burnt umber string, wrapped with hand processed parched paper with title etched in stone grey ink, made by Hannah Fallon and Hilary Woods. ONE PER PERSON LIMIT.
Acts of Light is a fugue comprised of nine slow hypnotic dirges. Vulnerability, majesty, and candour elicited with drone, double bass, cello, synth, viola, field recordings, electronics, noise, vocals, processing and sacred choral chant compose its private ritual. Following excavations and explorations in intuition and physicality th...
Acts of Light is a fugue comprised of nine slow hypnotic dirges.
Vulnerability, majesty, and candour elicited with drone, double bass, cello, synth, viola, field recordings, electronics, noise, vocals, processing and sacred choral chant compose its private ritual. Following excavations and explorations in intuition and physicality through sound which culminated in her 2021 EP Feral Hymns, Acts of Light is a disquiet personal offering to wilderness, loss, absence, mystery and love supreme.
Awakening hidden forms that emerge from the shadows with each listen, its rich and weighted lament is subterranean and chasmal whilst simultaneously detailed and tender. Textural dust and speckled light move slowly and expansively here through a deeply sonic and sensory rite of passage where Woods’ moving compositions confide in us feeling to be received with the entire body.
Written, recorded, mixed and produced over a span of two years along the west coast of Ireland and Dublin, Woods recorded the voices of Galway City Chamber Choir, before recording the choristers of the Palestrina Choir in the Pro Cathedral Dublin. Strings were recorded by Jo Berger Myhre in Oslo, whilst field recordings were recorded nomadically throughout her time spent traveling through the north west of Spain.
Hilary Woods
Track List:
1. Burial Rites
2. Wife Mother Lover Crow
3. Where the Bough Has Broken
4. Acts of Light
5. Ochre
6. Awakening
7. Blood Orange
8. The Foot of Love
9. Vigil
Join Us
The Sacred Bones Record Society is our fan club and vinyl subscription service. Each installment includes the most limited version of the next six eligible releases from the time of enrollment, each packaged with a member exclusive mixtape curated by the artist and a certificate of authenticity, plus early access to any releases and rarities not included in the membership and additional goodies that vary from installment to installment.