The End. Everything is burning. She takes one last look around the onion-paper room where they had fought and dreamed and fucked. This, she knew, was the fanning out; the slow and unyielding climb towards the artichoke’s heart, the electric tang of lemon filling, the point of everything. The last line of the book. She [...]
This was no homecoming. This was a clandestine infiltration back into a city that I hoped had forgotten me. I came disguised as a tourist, complete with dark sunglasses, bulky camera and a full itinerary of museums and lowcountry dining. I was sure she wouldn’t remember me; her uprooted sidewalks and hidden gardens have surely [...]
Seamstress For the Band is a funny sort of blog. We decided to combine little pieces of prose (by us) with a song (not by us.) We don't write about music. We write along side it.
We choose songs we love, without preferential treatment to what is new/popular/unheard of/faster/slower/happier/sadder. We do our best to keep a good blend: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and then we offer it to you like a proposal, a bouquet of lemon jonquils, a tiny gold band, a partnership between words and music.
All MP3s are offered as samples for a period of 1-2 weeks. Please support artists by purchasing albums legally.
To download:
PC users: RIGHT + CLICK on the song title and "Save Target As" to the folder you would like to save the mp3.
MAC users: ALT/OPTION + CLICK and "Save Target As" to the folder you would like to save the mp3.
If you are the copyright owner of a sound file we've posted and would like for us to remove it, please let us know and we will be happy to comply.
If you are an artist or represent an artist and would like to submit an MP3 for our consideration, please email as an attachment to mp3@seamstressfortheband.org.
