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Cover of Kettle Hum Sessions

EP · 2021

Kettle Hum Sessions

by Iron Marrow

Five warm, small-hours songs recorded in the garage between tours: kitchens, breakrooms and woodsmoke.

Tracks

  1. 1. Hearth Light HammerThe fire is going in the iron stove and the kettle starts to sing. Heavy as an anvil and twice as warm.cosy metal, heavy metal4:11
  2. 2. Breakroom Light, Seven A.M. SoupA woman takes her badge off at seven and hums a tune. A groove for the end of a night shift.hard rock, cosy rock5:15
  3. 3. Cold Case of Soda, Warm Hands on the TillA shop that opens at six, a mop and a flipped sign. The cheeriest riff on the EP.hard rock, groove metal3:30
  4. 4. Cinnamon Steam on the Kitchen GlassRain on the window and grandma's apron by the door. Slow, tender and a little bit gothic.power ballad, gothic metal4:24
  5. 5. Wood Smoke on My Sleeve, Lights LowWoodsmoke on my sleeve and the lights turned low. It closes the EP the way the night closes.cosy metal, doom metal4:31

Liner notes

We had a week off and a heater that barely worked, so we wrote about the warmest rooms we could think of. Soup in a breakroom, a grandmother's oven, a fire at the edge of the woods. Recorded in two nights with the garage door shut and the kettle on.

Iron Marrow