strange and unusual

“Dance With You” || “Alyssa Greene” in The Prom (2020)

- I’ve never felt so certain, all my life I’ve been t o r n ;

“To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs. To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in. I’ve never done this before. In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. There was something different with folklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. So I just kept writing them.”

I can’t promise you fair sky above Can’t promise you kind road below But I’ll walk beside you, love Any way the wind blows

that’s what a mama’s worth to give her child the EARTH! and w h a t e v e r you need ——–mama will PROVIDE!

#gilmore girls but make it 2020

“The vocal fervor in particular when Derek Klena, who plays Dmitry, takes his bow makes you fear for his post-show safety at the stage door. Or at least his ability to remain clothed. This crowd is not shy about showing its appreciation.“