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Ocean Baths (Oratunga Version)

by Keeskea

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Last September/October, we were lucky enough to tour with Half Strange. Travelling north from Kaurna country into Adnyamathanha country & across to Wilyakali country alongside my favourite artists in the world! Midway, nestled between rocky gorges and dry creek beds, we stayed at a shearing station, comforted by each other, our music, the nature & powered by a generator with enough fuel to power our amps & synths. On the second day (lol 📖), we decided to write together, play on each others songs & record (thanks to the talent, patience and generosity of Annika) a compilation of tracks by all the artists. Violinsss, fiddle!, tambourines & gospel-like choirs reverberating in a rickety old shed, wavering in the wind & accompanied by a nesting pair of vocal willy wagtails. I got to play a song of mine, with Jess Johns & Danika on vocals, Skye McNicol of Workhorse playing violin & willy wagtail on pure joy!! The song is called Ocean Baths. From a long time ago, about love & new places that become immediately familiar to you through somebody you love.

The rest of the artists songs are yet to be revealed, but when they do rest assured I will be sharing them!

All my love ❤️

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Available on bandcamp only, 100% of profits from this song will be donated to UNRWA (www.unrwa.org) to support the delivery of life-saving humanitarian aid to millions of Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

lyrics

Tell me again, how do you feel?
Cos I’m stuck at the ocean baths, again
Watching you shiver holding back words
But there is just no dialogue to explain this feeling

I could go back again
Hold onto your fingers
Your eyes
I’m always on block 5
And I’ll stare at the sky again
Rest my head between you neck and shoulder

And if it lingers I’m sure that I’ll be back again

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released February 12, 2024
Ocean Baths (Oratunga Version)

Recorded at Oratunga Station, on beautiful Adnyamathanha country, as part of the Half Strange 2023 residency

Vocals and guitar by Vanessa Marousopoulos
Additional vocals by Jess Johns & Danika Smith
Violin by Skye McNicol

Written by Vanessa Marousopoulos
Recorded by Annika Moses

Cover photo by Harriet Fraser-Barbour

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Keeskea Adelaide, Australia

Kaurna Land (Adelaide, AU)
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