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Natural History vol. 2

by Wren Kitz

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The second volume of Wren Kitz’s 'Natural History' series transports listeners seven miles off the coast of New Hampshire to Star Island.

Home to one of the last original Grand Hotels, the Oceanic, visitors flock to this small craggy island every summer in search of a brief reprieve from life on the mainland. Steeped in tradition, ritual, and various connectivities, the many individuals and communities who visit have developed an uncanny relationship to Star Island, often referring to it as their "Spirit's Home.”

Along with the inescapable sound of waves crashing on Star Island's granite shoreline, Kitz introduces and ambles listeners through various subtleties and sometimes crude details of Star Island's acoustic landscape in both daytime and nighttime.

A. DAYTIME
On the Rocks, Facing East
'You Did Come Back' Chant
Truck Trestle/Truck Crew on the Kitchen Loading Dock
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Repairing Breakwater 1 Between Star and Cedar Islands
Banjo Player on Baker Porch
Power House
Chattering on the Pier
No Swim Beach
Beebe Cemetery Trench
Gosport Chapel
'Landlocked' by Celia Thaxter Excerpt Read by M.V. Thomas Laighton Tour Guide

B. NIGHTTIME
Gosport Chapel Procession
Summer House
Perimeter Rd. Between Eastern Memorial Building and Doctors Cottage
The Dump
Walking the Perimeter Rd.: Art Barn to Stone Village
Walking the Perimeter Rd.: Shack to Truck Trestle
Rain and Gosport Chapel Bell from Oceanic Hotel Room 25
The End of the Pier

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released March 1, 2024

Dedicated to Josh Stedman
Released March 1, 2024 by Another Earth
Recorded by Wren Kitz, Summer, 2023 to tape on Star Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire
Tape artwork by Abbey Meaker and Wren Kitz

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Wren Kitz is a song writer and field recordist based in Burlington, VT. Wren's unique and personal style of music has been informed by blending traditional guitar-and-voice songwriting with field recording and tape collage experimentation. In attempt to develop a ghostly and contemplative form of musical expression, Wren has begun to ponder ways to break down walls between genre categorizations. ... more

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