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Cover of Small Hours, Small Mercies

EP · 2014

Small Hours, Small Mercies

by Elijah Stone & the Zion Gate

Five songs about new beginnings and quiet nights, recorded in one week with the old spring tank.

Tracks

  1. 1. Learner Plates, Steady HandsRed L in the window and my hands shaking on the wheel. Steady hands, steady heart, that is the whole lesson.one drop, warm roots2:48
  2. 2. Give Thanks at the Morning GateBread on the plate and thanks at the gate. We sang it three times over so it would stick.gospel roots, harmony reggae2:19
  3. 3. Postcard Echo Dub, Wish You Were HereA postcard, a blue sea and a stamp, turned into an echo. I miss everybody who is far.dreamy dub, spring reverb dub3:14
  4. 4. Two A.M. Cradle DubTwo in the morning with a little one awake. The dub rocks like a cradle.lullaby dub, tender dub3:53
  5. 5. Empty Desk, Full Heart DubLast day, boxes packed, lights low. A thank-you in echo for a life of work.nostalgic dub, minimal dub4:08

Liner notes

A friend lent us a room and a week, and we filled it with a new driver's nerves, a postcard, a child waking at two in the morning and a man packing his desk. Short and close, like a letter. Roots on the front, dub on the back, and the reverb tank doing most of the talking.

Elijah Stone & the Zion Gate