she sinks below the surface of the abyss like a lantern hung beneath the water, its luminescence glowing in the swirling currents. she reaches towards the earth where her soul continues to twist and drift in a sea of embers. here below in heaven’s shadow she waits. patiently the pain comes. both numb and formless, intimate and vague. a prisoner to her own refrain, endlessly locked in somber song; a dulcet slumber in haunting hollows. and all the while the winds of time bellow chaotically around her. “will i ever be cared for or even noticed?” she wonders. “i feel as if my existence is slowly drifting off, like shattering crystals of snow raising one by one from a bed of fog. like smoke emanating from an ancient pyre far below. praise sweet saint of ember who shatters the night sky like a fine film of ice, melting its tempting curls with wreathes of cold blue flame. praise fair snow-cloaked princess in her lustrous sea of black and gold, born anew each night into a perpetual obsidian dark. is there any space left for an existence such as mine? is there an onyx demon who can plunge to my depths, a wild saint who can navigate this abyss? i can still feel the suns suffusion, it lingers in my dreams… but it is fleeting. my memories of those feral overflowing gardens above are sifted finer and finer as the days pass. just ghosts in the sun’s haze, drifting backwards through the light. a crazed sanctuary woven breathlessly from fragments of the past. a past that down here, motionless to those above, loses all meaning. just a gnarled shadow. twisted umbra… goddess of the hollow.”
Just realized the covers are reverse of each other. One has thorns for a halo and the other dosen't. Both have moons opposite to each others position. And one city girl is wearing white the other black. Ones down to earth the other is in the clouds or space
I'm noticing City Girl is collaborating a lot more with Tiffi with each album and adding a lot more vocals for songs, not that I'm complaining of course, Tiffi and City Girl are an absolute dream team. Also love the seamless mixing of more melancholy lo-fi moments with the more aggressive and lively synth through the songs. Some pretty top-tier stuff
I know I just finished listening to this but I must admit that this album really is the showstopper. The quality of City Girl's production on these two albums is monumentally outstanding. But wow...this album in particular is truly incredible. City Girl, it's been a long time since I've felt genuine euphoria. But you have provided it in spades all over this record. I think you have achieved a perfect balance with your artistry. On one hand you can be very minimal, subdued and beautifully subtle. But on this you've melded that side of your style into this vast, spacious, and even experimental vision that blossoms to create these perfectly sequenced intergalactic grooves that are so delicately bathed in such a lush vibrant atmosphere. These songs are gentle but they are simultaneously complex and electrifying. I also very much appreciate the meticulous detail you provide with all the instrumental layering. It all swells into this mesmerizing eclipse of peak excellence in the genre of beat-making. Much Love
It's sad when ARTIST like you don't get the attention and love that you so much deserve! Every evening I sit in my car with a glass of wine and zone out to your music. People think I'm odd when I listen to this style music but that's because they don't know MUSIC! Keep up the good work and continue to bless us with your talent.
I listened to this album while taking a long heated bath in a hotel room that overlooked a night lit marina and a broad expanse of bay water, a bright moon glistening off the waves, and I have never felt more at peace or one with the energies of life and existence. Absolutely breath taking.
I was feeling a bit distressed because I have to prepare materials for a gallery exposition in August and I had no ideas, but now I'm resting a bit easier. I know city girl's albums always inspire me. ^_^ I'm sure this is going to be an amazing experience.
@City Girl omggggg I’m crying!!! Than, you so much for replying and hearting my comment 🥺😭 and heehee it’s okay I was just being strange because I thought it said 1:30pm and I didn’t actually read the date, so I just figured it was today 😂 silly me. I love you and your music so much and I’m so proud to be a subscriber 🤍🥺 Also, Vicki did an amazing job on the art for both of the albums!
Hey, it's me. The guy who commented about your music reminding me of Minecraft music. This album gives me flashbacks of Adventure Time. I used to watch it a lot as a kid and you keep me surprising me with all these tunes giving me these flashbacks of things I've experienced in the past. Like, these tunes are giving me serious Marceline vibes and I love it. I don't know any other artist who can give me these memories through music, thank you so much!
@@TheReaverOfDarkness Well America sure as hell isn't full of smart people the messaging to the public was constantly that there was nothing going wrong even though I know there was and there wasn't any kind of actual public testing or any kind of mandate for months.
that's so cool, the top of this album's artwork lines up with the bottom of Siren of the Formless's art. Thanks city girl for the beautiful music!! (and for introducing me to vickisigh's art, their work is a huge inspiration)
I am going to buy both your albums as soon as my next paycheck comes in. I love how this album continues that deep, hyper space, cosmic synthwave energy that city girl explored in Chroma velocity while experimenting with more somber and melancholy inducing tones and chords from all her other albums, and Tiffi sounds better than ever! This feels and sounds like the continuation of the story set in Chroma velocity. Honestly this album made me feel like I was walking around in the world of Hyper Light Drifter, if anybody knows what that is.
So strange how time flows, elegant and honest, moments pass through us like sand and we go from one huge moment to another whilst we are barely aware of it. I remember when this album came out, and I carry strong memories with it. I hear the first melodies of this track and instantly its three years prior and I'm on my bed, with my cat, playing hollow knight and the room is neither too warm nor too cold and it carries the scent of honey suckle from outside and that scent wafts in. In that moment I am at peace. I truly do love this album.
This is honestly hands down my favorite album by city girl, and that's saying something because I really like them all. There is just something to this one that really sticks out.
4/13/2020 - 9:02 am I'm so excited about this. this has been the one thing that's been keeping me afloat during this sea of stormy, unclear waters. City girl's new albums. it's the thing keeping me sane, the hope that's keeping me afloat while my thoughts try to drag me down and drown me. It propels me during the hardest moments. Tomorrow, when this comes out, I'm going to listen to it while doing my homework and feel so at peace, so glad that I've put up with hell to listen to this. I'm currently listening to City Girl's music right now, all her full albums on shuffle. and I feel so so happy right now. It reminds me of why I listened to your music in the first place, It reminds me of nostalgic and better times. long car drives to far away, mystical places and vacations while listening to your music through headphones and an outdated iPod. plane rides to Mexico, at night, listening to this music while everyone else was asleep. late-night study sessions at 3am, blinking the sleep out of my eyes as your melodies propel me to continue to live. thank you, city girl.
I love lo-fi, and since i discovered City Girl common lo-fi seems boring and repetitive, but this new albums are crazy, its not lo-fi anymore, its somehow magic, melancolic, sad, euphoric, it changes constantly, love it
This music is amazing. I am so happy to have stumbled onto your music six months ago. Thank you for the constantly excellent tunes. Sometimes I play your stuff in the background while I'm streaming, just as ambiance. This particular album carries this audible aesthetic that reminds me of ice caverns. Rock on, City Girl. Do your thing, you're kicking ass.
I love the way Pray builds up gradually to then finally explode into a supernova of emotions! My favorite track for sure (even though all of them are amazing ♡)
@@CityGirlMusic You're welcome! It's always a pleasure to hear new songs from you and see you improve your sound each time. Looking forward to your next project!
that text really spoke to me, I don't know what to say except that I feel heard. Thank you for that. (and ofc I love the music and it really gave it another dimension that made me love it more)
This is a little belated, but: This album was so surprising in such a good way! I was expecting gorgeously chill music, but I was not at all expecting mysterious, nocturnal, magical girl dance floor witch City Girl (+ Tiffi) at all. Your sound has gotten so lush! The vocals and production on every single song on this album are absolute fire together. The way this and Siren beautifully contrast each other is wonderful and lights up the part of my brain that makes music (and therefore life) worthwhile. Beautiful album/s. ♥ I've enjoyed hearing you evolve as an artist so much.
I only wish I could do something meaningful in my life like you have. The courage it takes to create and share music and the skills to make something epic is a remarkable feat. I hope you never forget the impact you've had on people with your music, even as you grow old or enter new chapters in life. Your music will always be with me city girl ♥️♥️♥️
sometimes i watch these videos just to read the writing in the beginning. thats actually how i got really interested in your music. i think i'll listen to it more often. it's really beautiful.
This is such an amazingly beautiful and well produced album. It's been years since I've been so excited to 'discovery' an artist! Purchasing from Bandcamp immediately! This is a true musical journey. Very ambitious.
I love that your albums come with poetry, cause sometimes you hear something really crazy good and you can't put words to it. But instead I have this poetry.
I just discovered your music today/yesterday depending on time zone. But still regardless this is amazing, much love, and I hope you continue doing what you love!
I know it’s been over a year since you posted this but I have to share my appreciation for this body of work. I revisit the writing in the beginning every few months and it leaves me enthralled in hysterics every time. The vibes, the imagery, the story, it’s so good and such an inspiration. Thank you.
Your music is the only music I’ve been able to listen to and still be able to do homework. I have trouble tuning out sounds and end up re reading the same sentences over and over again until it finally registers.
the build up for pray…i cant even describe what i felt just wow. love you cg can’t wait for what’s to come i just know your going to out do yourself once more
You are the only channel I can say I feel relaxed and can focus on my school work. All those other channels that say they help with sleep and studying and such didn't work out for me, but you have.
Siren of the formless reminds me more of neon impasse, while this sounds more similar to chroma velocity, both with a new fresh restart. I love your music so much!
Flying in the dark, alone, as if in a grand theater hall with no audience. But I know, for a moment, I lit up the sky. (Thanks so much again for the great work, City Girl and vicki! Words are too shallow to express the epic wonder I'm feeling)
3 weeks of waiting yet you still blew me away, even with the hype heaping up for three long weeks you far surpassed my expectations. How did we ever deserve this?
this is one of my new favorites from you, unwind is such a great song and i love that the second one is when she's apparently unwound a lot more. i am really enjoying dulcet slumber, and there's some really amazing guitar in this all. pray is an amazing song as well and the lyrics are done very well. thank you for this :)
Oh I'm so glad I be found this channel, I had no idea I could enjoy this type of music, now I can say that my playlists range from excision to illenium and now city girl and that's just the music I'm gonna listen to the most
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