timeMOTHeye (Stone Breath / Crow Tongue) has composed a new limited edition full-length release in celebration of the Winter Solstice.

Due to a persistent illness, we will not be able to make it to our show in State College tonight. Lac La Belle is till performing, s go see them and enjoy. Sorry we can't make it.

Are there any violin/viola/fiddle players in south central PA and/or Northern MD who would like to make some music with us? Ideally looking for a practicing/regular member here, but we're willing to talk...

Come see Crow Tongue's live return at State College PA on October 24, 2009. Our first show in many moons. 

I've started work on the next Crow Tongue album. It's different than The Red Hand Mark. It's different than ghost eye seeker. Hard to explain without giving too much away, but you'll see...and hear.

"Well, I was doubled over in pain for 36 hours before they finally got
my gall bladder removed. Luckily I made sure to have my ipod on the way
to the hospital. That night I only slept about an hour at a time, and
they had the morphine flowing. My room had a window and I could see the
moon. I put on Ghost Eye Seeker and was drifting in and out and
imagined the IV lines and other assorted wires were instrument strings
and I was actually inside a giant reverberating instrument and when I
looked at the moon I felt like they had taken the top of my skull off
and poured liquid moonlight directly onto my brain. Every time I woke
up I'd hit the replay. It made the whole surgery thing worthwhile. It
was bad to see morning come."

That was by Jim aka Yeti

He said it was ok for us to post it here (thanks Jim - and glad you are feeling better!). One of the best "reviews" I think I've ever gotten - and I know it wasn't from a critical sense ... It's hard to explain exactly what this means to me, without getting into some personal things - things I'm not sure if/when I will talk about publicly.

But Crow Tongue's music, and particularly ghost eye seeker was very much meant to address that part of us (as in ÆH and myself) which was / is broken. In this sense, it was meant to be a sort of healing record.

And we are like Fisher Kings, in a sense - but if that record helped someone heal - even in a very very small way - then it is doing its job, and hearing that today is very nice indeed.

So, here's a nice review from Heathen Harvest of the 7". I'm not sure, but I think they either only reviewed the Crow Tongue side here or they think that we did Language of Light's song as well...? Perhaps there's a second review for Language of Light? Anyway, very nice words, whatever the case:

"There is something quite unique in Crow Tongue and yes, I know that
term gets tossed around a lot by critics, but Crow Tongue are genuinely
unique - I can’t think of anything quite like this that I’ve heard,
especially in the land of indie DIY punk-ville.
This release is just a two-song vinyl 7”, so the amount of tunage is
limited here. But the upside is you can tell all your friends that you
had Crow Tongue’s two-song 7” way back in 2008-09, when they were just
getting started.
The music as, is mentioned, self-described as “trance/folk/dub” and
that is a good description. It covers a lot of bases. The folksy,
Native American-sounding chanting is anchored by what sounds like a
primitive drum of some sort. One can imagine a circle of serious-faced
Navajos or Oglala people, one or two drumming and the rest of the
circle chanting in some kind of ritual passed down from countless
generations. It’s sound is limited to a kind of stringed instrument
that sounds like a cross between a broken acoustic guitar and a bass
with guitar strings on it, deep baritone, if not bass vocals, almost
chanting instead of singing, an ominous kind of invocation and what
sounds like a big, makeshift drum and hands clapping in rhythm.
One can’t imagine this kind of stuff being piped in at Danceteria or
your local club, but it would be a nice juxtaposition for the
college-radio DJ who has complete autonomy to play whatever he wants,
or for the eclectic music aficionado who likes to set up interesting
“sets” of music to listen to - he may listen to this 7” and afterwards
put on Fook by Pigface or Sebadoh III or any CD by Skinny Puppy, just
to make a few suggestions. Mixing it up always breaks monotony and gets
one to appreciate a particular thing in a different way." - reviewed by Blond Adonis.

Thanks HH!

The latest issue of WIRE magazine has a review of the split 7" in it... with a picture of Language of Light!

We have begun serious work on new output...

first: t-shirts. designs by ÆH and me... we're doing a couple different designs.

then: new album... hard to say what it sounds like, but I think it will be a sort of combination of ghost eye seeker and The Red Hand Mark. Although mixed with new sounds and ideas. New instruments too.

Time is a lie, but there's no point in wasting it.