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The Lamenting Window

by H-M O

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  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of The Lamenting Window. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Purchasable with gift card
    releases May 17, 2024

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes digital pre-order of The Lamenting Window. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases May 17, 2024
    item ships out on or around May 25, 2024

      $10 USD or more 

     

1.
When I Want It to Scream
2.
Call for My Soul to Come Back 05:08
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3.
For the Birds (of Prayer)
4.
Fireflies
5.
Birds & Bees

about

Hanna-Mari Ojala, known artistically as H-M O, invites listeners into her most personal sonic realm with "The Lamenting Window." A self-taught marvel from Oulu, Finland, Ojala's repertoire spans experimental music, dance, and video poetry, painting worlds with sounds and translating energies into tunes. With a penchant for experimental electronic music, she crafts her compositions with the freedom to explore the abstract and the visceral, turning the tangible into the intangible and vice versa. Through her unique blend of sounds, Ojala strives to create what she describes as "divine coincidences"—moments where disparate elements unite to form a complex, new entity, often marked by a chilling realization of their unexpected harmony.

"The Lamenting Window" stands as Ojala's most raw and revealing work, embodying the essence of a singer-songwriter album unlike any she has produced. It navigates the emotional landscape from heartbreak to hope, encapsulating a poetic journey that resonates with the transformative power of healing. The album begins and concludes within the same auditory space, though the internal journey it represents evolves profoundly from start to finish.

Drawing upon poems penned during her younger years, Ojala transforms these written expressions into musical pieces, infusing the album with a deeply therapeutic essence. This process of musical alchemy has not only been a means of personal healing for Ojala but is also extended as an offering of solace to her listeners. Each track serves as a step on a path through darkness towards light, inviting those who hear it to find peace and resolution within its melodies.

The album unfolds with "When I Want It to Scream," a track that plunges into the desire to express the turmoil within outwardly. It is followed by "Call for My Soul to Come Back," a poignant invocation for inner healing and restoration. "For the Birds (of Prayer)" emerges as a contemplative piece, reflecting a longing for spiritual guidance and connection with nature. The journey continues with "Fireflies," a song that captures fleeting moments of hope and beauty amidst the shadows. The album concludes with "Birds & Bees," a track that weaves themes of renewal and the intricate dance between longing and fulfillment, rounding off a journey from despair to the hopeful embrace of a new dawn.

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releases May 17, 2024

All songs written and produced by Hanna-Mari Ojala.

Cover art by and design by: Hanna-Mari Ojala.

@ 2024 Labile Records

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All music is free to use even for commercial purposes (licensed: attribution no derivatives / attribution share alike / CC- BY).
NOTE! This does not apply to the following albums: The Lamenting Window, The Opposite of Light and Human Display (all rights reserved).

"I am an artist who loves to surprise herself by combining elements which when put together create something completely unexpected." ... more

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