We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

White Shores and a Swift Sunrise

from Not all Those Who Wander are Lost by Dave Brons

supported by
axeloldie
axeloldie thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The story and the journey that this concept album follows is outlined in a beautiful 16 page booklet which includes the lyrics, and compositional notes from each track.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Not all Those Who Wander are Lost via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £15 GBP or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 Dave Brons releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Return to Arda, Not all Those Who Wander are Lost, and Based on a True Story. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £23.40 GBP or more (10% OFF)

     

about

My favourite writing by Tolkien is the Chapter “The Grey Havens” as he describes Frodo boarding a boat and and passing out of middle earth into the Undying Lands.
The sound of singing comes across the water - and the “grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise”.

Compositional notes
Here the melody from track 8 that I wrote as a lament for Gandalf returns. But this time is extended into a full song and instead of having a sad minor tonality, the underlying harmony gives it an uplifting feel.

The song fades and the whole work finishes with a reprise of the opening melody from Illuvatars song that has been appearing throughout the album. This time the melody has a #4 in it; the lydian mode, which I chose to try to conjure up an image of the travellers finally leaving Middle Earth and crossing the sea to heaven “the undying lands”

I had a lot of fun recording the 100 piece choir on this one and getting them all to improvise. And so the album loop is complete. It starts and ends with the heavenly choir.

lyrics

When our fire has burned the dark,
and our final song is sung
Distant shores will call us home
and we'll be forever changed, forever changed”

credits

from Not all Those Who Wander are Lost, released January 6, 2020
Catherine Ashcroft: Uillean pipes and Irish Whistles
100 piece Choir: Great Yorkshire Chorus
Dave Brons: Piano and Guitar.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Dave Brons image

Dave Brons Bradford, UK

“Dave Brons is an imaginative player with a great groove. I loved hearing his unique take on my music when we played together and look forward to hearing a lot more music from him”
Stu Hamm
(Bass player with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani)

To learn more about Dave go to DaveBrons.com/about ... more

contact / help

Contact Dave Brons

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Dave Brons, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now