“Nearer to Thee” is the final track on ”Titanic Rising”. The instrumental song is a melodic callback to the opening track, “A Lot’s Gonna Change”. It is one of two short instrumental track on the album, the other being the title track. “Nearer to Thee” is named after “Nearer My God to Thee”, which was allegedly the last song the band on the RMS Titanic played before the ship sank. This also ties in with the album’s title, “Titanic Rising“.
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“Nearer to Thee” is the final track on ”Titanic Rising”. The instrumental song is a melodic callback to the opening track, “A Lot’s Gonna Change”. It… read more
“Nearer to Thee” is the final track on ”Titanic Rising”. The instrumental song is a melodic callback to the opening track, “A Lot’s Gonna Change”. It is one of two short instrumental tra… read more
Weyes Blood (fka Weyes Bluhd and Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices) is Natalie Mering, a musician from Philadelphia, PA, United States, and ex Jackie-O Motherfucker bass player. Her solo work is raga-inspired, psychedelic music, using guitar strings as basic sound material and sound effects as an instrument. Home-made one string bass stick used to produce low bell-like sounds out of an horror movie. Most tracks have vocals, usually strangely deformed through effect pedals. Track editing and cueing is kept to a minimum in the DIY, abrupt tradition, giving freshness to the music. Weyes … read more