Victoria and the Haruspex

Track Listing
1. Victoria and the Haruspex
2. Birdbrain
3. Afterloss
4. Cenotaph

Victoria and the Haruspex (2002) | Read Reviews

LINEUP: Brandon Lord Ross, Vonorn, Lynnette Shelley, Steven Blumberg, Nathan-Andrew Dewin

The Red Masque's new CD, Victoria and the Haruspex, includes the 24-minute improvised piece "Haruspex," which features, among other oddities, musical china doll, toy piano and operatic vocalizations in an unknown language. The darkly psychedelic "Birdbrain" features lyrics by Percy Bysshe Shelley. "Afterloss" is a flamenco-influenced song featuring acoustic guitar, concert harp, percussion and vocals, with lyrics taken from Shakespeare's Sonnet 90. A fourth track, "Cenotaph," features solo concert harp material by The Red Masque's Nathan-Andrew Dewin. The full-length album has a total running time of 48 minutes. Please note: this recording is only available in CDR format currently.

Buy Victoria and the Haruspex through BigBalloonMusic.com, ZNR CDS , TwoBigToes.com and Musea Records.

Full downloads of both "Haruspex" and "Birdbrain" are available for free at the following URL: www.bigballoonmusic.com/TheRedMasque/