Alabaster DePlume "A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole" COLOR:THAT WAS MY GARDEN and even a handful of

and even a handful of experimental feature-length films (mostly horror-related

Lucky Town peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200

you'll hear brand new versions of all-time Lowes such as "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace

against-all-odds rise has been well documented: how he transcended a bleak life on the streets and struggled through a series of ill-fitting jobs before finally being discovered by Daptone's Gabriel Roth

who has become

Alabaster DePlume "A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole" COLOR:THAT WAS MY GARDEN and even a handful ofA Blade Because a Blade is Whole is the latest album from London based composer poet activist improviser Alabaster DePlume, his first major work following 2022s GOLD and 2020's To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol 1. The 11 song album covers all of DePlumes 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