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In Memory Of A Summer Day

by Constantine

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Carsten Pieper
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Carsten Pieper Evoking late 60s psychedelic folk (think Donovan's Three Kingfishers, for example). Mostly very sunny/pastoral vibe to this collection of songs. Favorite track: Matilda Of The Meadow.
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theexplodingogre This is honestly one of my favorite recent acquisitions. In many ways in reminds me of the 1960's in lyrics and imagery but despite this in composition it feels modern. It is highly reflective, beautiful, and calming despite an intensity and sincerity to it. Favorite track: Matilda Of The Meadow.
The Remorseless Mark
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The Remorseless Mark This is such a lovely album that's great for the bad days.
paul rote
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paul rote Constantine is among my most listened to albums .
Absolutely relaxing and beautiful. Wonderful late night music . Favorite track: Morning/The Meandering Path.
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1.
Upon your rise in the morning Upon a dream far away Upon a time upon a place Upon a child in the beginning Who has hopelessly lost his way A child of autumn lost in the sky
2.
Early one morning with my head filled with thoughts Down by the water wandered till I got lost Lay there a white flower delicate and soft Fading by the hour she'll be gone forevermore As the moss grows thick and green Will you find the answer in the question of your being As the fire burns swift and strong The meaning is forgotten and the path meanders long I came upon a garden in a melancholy hour To find the knights in silver had betrayed the gentle flower Daughter of the sunlight keeper of the moon Shadow of the darkness deep in the gentle June As the moss grows thick and green Will you find the answer in the question of your being As the fire burns swift and strong The meaning is forgotten and the path meanders long
3.
Spring 04:41
Spring again at your door Think you've felt this way before Love was here now love is gone Eternally it spins its song Encapsulating all its dreams Turn around again it's gone it seems Spring comes laughing with the wind To wash away the winter's sin The resurrection of your mind Along the moss stone bridge of time Tumbling down the castle green Searching for the flower queen Spring children dance around the sun Waiting for the sacred one Spring again at your door Think you've traveled here before
4.
The queen's face carved into a tree Down the rabbit hole and slip into the sea Dandelions melting into me Who are you I am you and you are me My dear Alice her majesty awaits We welcome you to reality Everyone is mad there's no escape can't you see We welcome you to reality In a lovely garden flowers say hello The Cheshire points direction where to go My dear Alice her majesty awaits We welcome you to reality Everyone is mad there's no escape can't you see We welcome you to reality Alice through the looking glass My dear Alice - Where are you going? Where have you been? Who are you?
5.
I set out on a journey on a dark and foggy day Across the moat and through the trees I went upon my way I fell onto the cave of a fire-breathing beast Who could scorch the brooding earth and have me for his feast So I drew my sword and killed the fiend but then I realized The beauty I destroyed as I looked into his sorrowed eyes The slaying of the dragon for the honor of the sovereign The slaying of the dragon or the bleeding of your heart As I traveled 'long the shore his head bound to my back To show him as a prize as lanterns lit the sky of black Upon when I returned, approached the drawbridge gate There was I to find mine was the dragon's fate The slaying of the dragon for the honor of the sovereign The slaying of the dragon or the bleeding of your heart
6.
Willows bend and sigh whispering ancient lullabies Ringing through the fields of a fairy tale Silhouetted in her eyes tears of emptiness, she cries Remembering simple times of long ago Far, far, far away beyond the garden gate Find me if you can... As the evening's shawl surrounds the ivy walls Silence falls upon... The waters pure trickle slowly as the days And vanish in the forest of uncertainty Far, far, far away beyond the garden gate Find me if you can as the hour is growing late Far, far, far away beyond the garden gate Find me if you can as the hour is growing late
7.
Once I knew a girl whose hair flowed like water Eyes like berries in the spring She'd tread lightly like a feather or a flower And quiver so helplessly And I'd call her Matilda of the meadow The one who could unlock my heart A sanctuary from tomorrow A love for without I would die Matilda would plant a seed in the garden And watch as the meadow would grow Her laughter it danced on the wind and the sun Her magic I did follow Come winter come spring Through summer and autumn I watched her meadow grow And I'd call her Matilda of the meadow The one who could unlock my heart A sanctuary from tomorrow A love for without I would die
8.
In the green shades of day Golden summer children play Tell us stories make us dream Of a land where no one has been before Hide behind the willow vines Play near a lulling stream For soon again the day will fade Nothing will be the way it seemed Slide along the hazel grove Plucking tiny flower petal cloves Wander far and frequent Keep it our little secret come this way Don't go and tell your sister For she won't understand Just run along you're almost there To this far-off land
9.
Along the walls of the village play the children Enchanted fields through the haze Returning thoughts of all the colors of your promise Appear in lavender and jade Marble soldiers guard the door that leads to nowhere And dreams that wash upon the shore Along the castle wall the minstrel sings a story But no one's listening anymore
10.
Upon A Dream 01:04
Upon a day, lonely day Walking out in the rain Upon a dream Near a gentle stream Like a cloud it fades away Upon a dream...
11.
Rivers 02:19
Follow the sound that leads you through the trees And echoes from the hills through the forest to the sea There you may find a fountain made of gold That sparkles and shines, creates the rivers you were told Follow the rivers Follow the rivers Follow the rivers flow
12.
You built your own kingdom, but soon it must fall Disorder and confusion behind the citadel wall You know you'll be left helpless as the night devours the sun Alone in your darkness you'll see what you've become And as the spring winds gently kiss upon your love And branches bend to the sea... Come with me I am harmless, just a little lost among the stars Silence holds the mirror to reflection Reflection holds the passage to the stars And inside the walls are crumbling, the archer's been shot down Disillusion in the fortress, the king has given up his crown And as the spring winds gently kiss upon your love And branches bend to the sea... The kingdom must fall Ancient walls built so tall, they must fall down Through the years all your tears, they must fall down

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"Albums such as ‘In Memory Of A Summer Day’ do not come around often. Seek this out and treasure it, give this release the love it deserves and which reflects the attention and love that has clearly been put into making this, a psych folk masterpiece." -Moof magazine

"In Memory Of A Summer Day positively drips with golden sunlight reflecting off a pre-Raphaelite river as glimpsed through the hazy mist of an August dawntime. A trip into a long forgotten past, evocative of a childhood lost between the pages of dusty fairy tale anthologies and never ending summers." -Shindig! magazine

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released May 20, 2020

All songs written by Constantine Hastalis

Artwork and illustrations by Stephen Titra
Released by Guerssen Records

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