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    Alabaster DePlume A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole

    International Anthem
    • Alabaster DePlume – Oh My Actual Days
    • Alabaster DePlume – Invincibility
    • 1. Oh My Actual Days
    • 2. Thank You My Pain
    • 3. Invincibility
    • 4. Form a V
    • 5. A Paper Man
    • 6. Who Are You Telling, Gus
    • 7. Prayer For My Sovereign Dignity
    • 8. Kuzushi
    • 9. Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem
    • 10. Too True
    • 11. That Was My Garden

    A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole is the latest album from London-based composer-poet-activist-improviser Alabaster DePlume, his first major work following 2022’s GOLD and 2020's To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol 1.

    The 11-song album covers all of DePlume’s musical touchstones: lush and gentle instrumentals informed by ghostly ancient folk melodies; groove-focused rhythm explorations as a bed for self-searching spoken declamations; sweeping and beautiful string arrangements (in this case by Macie Stewart) set against his trademark vibrato-infused tenor sax whispermoan.