“Initially inspired by Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation (and Alex Garland’s excellent film adaptation), Shimmer is our dark, brooding look at metamorphosis and the dangers of progress. We’re absolutely thrilled to have Lynsey Ward feature as a guest vocalist, and her haunting melodies take the track to heights we couldn’t imagine.” - Kai Hastur
lyrics
Everything moves in dissonance
Motionless through impermanence
Is it the mist in your head?
Or is it your dreams inverted?
Into the Shimmer
Wonder what did your wings replace?
Enter the mirror
Who lies beneath your face?
Everything moves, in virulence
Meaning slips through your fading hands
Is it the twist in your head?
Or is it your world deserted?
Into the Shimmer
Wonder what did your wings replace?
Enter the mirror
Who lies beneath your face?
This initiation preceding integration
The path is immolation, the ashes seek immersion in
This initiation preceding integration
The path is immolation, the ashes seek immersion in
Precious dissolution
Placid retribution
Benevolent parasite vying to discreate all that I pretend to
Emulate, living lies, time to annihilate, chrysalise
Into the Shimmer
Wonder what did your wings replace?
Enter the mirror
Who lies beneath your face?
credits
released July 29, 2022
Kai Hastur – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Piano, Programming
Burcu Ozdereli – Guitar
Alex Alvarado – Drums, Programming
Featuring Lynsey Ward - Vocals
Written and Arranged by Cosmic Cold War
Lyrics by Kai Hastur
Production/Engineering/Mixing – Kai Hastur
Production/Engineering (Guest Vocals) - Lynsey Ward
Production/Engineering (Drums) – Alex Alvarado
Recorded at Miskatonic Studios, London, April/May 2022
Guest Vocals Recorded at Ward Studios, Liverpool, May 2022
Mastered by Steve Henderson, Henderson Mastering, Nottingham, June 2022
COSMIC COLD WAR take you to the most remote reaches of the cosmos and the darkest corners of your mind. Matching soaring
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