The Long Distance, by Buck Curran

The Long Distance

by Buck Curran

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1.	Prometheus 03:25	info	buy track
2.	The Long Distance 03:17	info
3.	May Morning 02:11	info
4.	Hazel Park 02:57	info
5.	Quang Tri Province (1969) 06:04	info
6.	Florence 02:19	info
7.	Morning Song with Lucia 02:47	info
8.	The Fall of Saigon (1975) 04:45	info
9.	Everyday 03:03	info
10.	Hazel Park (A Return) 01:34	info
11.	Blades 01:40	info
12.	Prometheus (Alternate Version) 03:25	info
13.	Morning Song with Lucia (Acoustic) 02:45	info
14.	Florence (Alternate Version) 02:35	info
15.	Florence (Alternative Version 2) 02:42	info
16.	Morning Song With Lucia (Alternate Version) 02:46	info
17.	Morning Song with Lucia (Alternate Version 2) 02:46	info
18.	Hazel Park (Begin) 00:46	info
19.	Hazel Park (Coda) 01:57	info

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This album of intense introspective analog synthesizer music brings to mind soundtracks that have accompanied movies directed by Ridley Scott or Werner Herzog's use of Popol Vuh's music to accompany his cinematic landscapes. Other than 'Prometheus' the entire album was created and recorded during an 18 hour period between 9:00am on 24 March and 2:00am 25 March.The themes touch base on my Scottish-Irish heritage (May Morning), my father, uncles, and other family members who served in the military during the Vietnam War (Quang Tri Province), my old neighbourhood in Detroit (Hazel Park) where I grew up, and memories of my grandmother Florence who passed away suddenly when I was entering my teens. On 24 March while recording most of this album, I added layers of Synth to an acoustic guitar recording I made in February 2022; a song made one beautiful morning while spending time with my daughter Lucia.

Dedicated to Werner Herzog, Ridley Scott, Jim and Pat Curran, Jim and Linda King, Lucia Curran, Florence and Kenneth Carroll Curran, Walt Major Ron Deschaine and Normand Deschaine.

Catalog: Eiderdown Records /OR 014

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released September 29, 2023

Buck Curran - Analog Synthesizer, Harmonium, Acoustic Guitar
Mastered by Harris Newman
Image of 'The Twin Jet Nebula' courtesy of NASA

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Immortal Light is the debut solo album by guitarist-singer-songwriter Buck Curran (of the duo Arborea). Since 2005, Buck has recorded and performed around the World as one half of the alt-folk duo Arborea who has released five albums, and produced two various- artist compilations (Leaves of Life: a benefit for the World Food Program and We Are All One, In the Sun: a tribute to Robbie Basho. ... more

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