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The Death of a Soldier (single)

by Jesse Blake Rundle

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I still recall the windy day I first read this poem by Stevens. I was in a park in Santa Fe with the cloudy skies overhead and those opening lines, “life contracts, and death is expected,” stuck in my mind. It was a chilling, but real, feeling. It is hard to look death in the face. Many years later, after watching my mother face death, the words hit harder.

This is the first song that I worked with Nate at Mixed Metaphor in Boise to take the acoustic version into a full production. We did a version of this song over a year ago and after that we hunkered down and spent the next year collaborating on the whole album.

This track is the album version with some new layers, harmonies, and a new mix to fit the character of the whole project.

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The Death of a Soldier
By Wallace Stevens

Life contracts and death is expected,
As in a season of autumn.
The soldier falls.

He does not become a three-days personage,
Imposing his separation,
Calling for pomp.

Death is absolute and without memorial,
As in a season of autumn,
When the wind stops,

When the wind stops and, over the heavens,
The clouds go, nevertheless,
In their direction.

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released February 21, 2020
Engineering: Nate Agenbroad at Mixed Metaphor Studios
Mastering: Gus Elg at Sky Onion
Musicians: Jesse Blake Rundle - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Wurlitzer, Organ, Percussion

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Jesse Blake Rundle Boise, Idaho

I make folk music and score films in Boise, Idaho. I've released two albums, an EP and some singles. More music is always on the way.

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