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Coastal Light by Mira Vale: Dawn Recordings by the Shore

Review of Mira Vale’s Coastal Light—dawn folk recordings from a Cornish cottage with gulls and tide scraps.

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Mira Vale’s Coastal Light was recorded at 5:40 a.m. in a Cornish cottage, before the town woke and while the gulls were already arguing over tide scraps.

Coastal Light — The title track

Six words that set a time, a place and a mood. “At five forty in the morning, the world belongs to the shore.”

Fog Line — Move forward anyway

Written during a week of early morning walks along the grey coast path. The first song for the album.

Rock Pool — Small ecosystems

A tin can on the windowsill, a crab in a rock pool, and a time signature that shifts from four to three.

Coastal Light is available on the LyricsMirchi archive with full lyrics.

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