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Epigraph (Anonymous) 01:00
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The Burning Girl 08:45
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Mattress Under the Overpass 04:59
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The Spirit neither Sorts nor Separates 05:53
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Runaway 18:22
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That Heart - Time Does Not Exist 01:08
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That Heart - Let Me Begin Again 02:17
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That Heart - A Flor de Piel 08:54
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FIREBIRD is a full-length album of spoken voice and experimental music by Kythe Heller (text and voice) and duo Sounds Like Things: Andrew Stauffer (composition and percussion), and Nicholas Denton Protsack (composition and cello). The work, a realization of Heller’s Massachusetts Book Award-nominated poetry collection of the same name (Arrowsmith Press), FIREBIRD draws from a vast array of sonic resources that include spoken verse, vocalizations, cello, pitched and unpitched percussion, hammer dulcimer, bells, found objects (including boiling water, gardening gloves, fire, and snow), and field recordings. This sonic world probes the capacity of the human spirit to endure under extreme conditions. Here, fire is both a destructive and a unifying force, altering people and landscapes. Runaways, the sick and the poor, a forest and a smoldering mattress—these stunning images burn themselves into the listener’s imagination. The female body becomes the site of trauma and myth, a place where “everything is burning, has been and is always burning.”

50% of all the proceeds from FIREBIRD will be donated to organizations dedicated to environmental disaster relief in British Columbia. FIREBIRD was created in the face of multiple climate crises, including a record-breaking wildfire season in British Columbia, the current homeland of Sounds Like Things. We thank you very much for your support.

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released November 30, 2021

Kythe Heller - lyrics, spoken voice

Andrew Stauffer - pitched and unpitched percussion, found object instruments, field recordings

Nicholas Denton Protsack - cello, found object instruments, field recordings, electronic sounds


A Vision Lab Production.

Recorded and mixed by Nicholas Denton Protsack and Andrew Stauffer. Kythe Heller's vocals recorded by Bop Stop Studios.

Additional mixing and mastering by George Trksak (Bop Stop Studios).

Album artwork print created by Annie Silverman.

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Sounds Like Things Kelowna, British Columbia

Sounds Like Things is an experimental music duo formed in 2020 by cellist/composer Nicholas Denton Protsack and percussionist/composer Andrew Stauffer. Their work draws heavily upon experimentation with improvisation, found object instruments, alternate tuning systems, and multidisciplinary collaboration. ... more

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