Not much is known of the artist A. DYJECINSKI. So here are the facts: The A is for Artur, he’s orginally from Nanaima/British Columbia, normally plays in a band called DRACULA LEGS and he’s already been involved in fellow dark folk outfit TIMBER TIMBRE. That said, it’s best to keep quiet from here on because today we have the premiere of A. DYJECINSKI new song Dead Horses for you. And that tune is too good to lose many words on it, except those of the artist himself:
Dead Horses. It’s about my grandfather. He was a writer and a prisoner of war, which is what he wrote about. I never meet him and know him only through the novels he left me written in Polish, a language I can’t read. The first verse is through his eyes, speaking of the horrific things he has seen and been through, the inspiration for his work, thrust upon him, his life. The second verse is me, making fun of myself and the synthetic experiences, me seeking solitude vs the second world war. My Grandfather’s life in horrible conditions. Mine a construct of existential relativity.
The chorus is the lesson he leaves me (unintentionally), the dog inside the house representing loyalty to home and land, domestication, civilization. The horse representing the wild nature of mankind. The realisation that what separates humans and animals is not our ability to reason or make tools, but that we invented an imaginary world, based on fantasy, and we believe it to be true. The balance between the two, the dog and the horse.
On April 29th, A. DYJECINSKI first solo album The Valley Of Yessiree will be released via Sideways Saloon/Republic Of Music/Rough Trade. All fans of BILL CALLAHAN‘s enigmatic storytelling and beautifully reduced songwriting should definitely mark this date. Without further ado, here’s Dead Horses.
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