Psychedelic fuzznauts Heavy Temple have released a video single titled ‘Hiraeth’ from forthcoming album Garden Of Heathens. The new record is scheduled for release April 12 via Magnetic Eye Records. “Hiraeth” takes its title from a Welsh (Cymraeg) word that means something akin to “longing homesickness” similar in usage to the Portuguese term “fado.”
Heavy Temple comment:
“The Celtic word ‘Hiraeth’ is considered to be intranslatable but has come to mean ‘a homesickness for a place that you can never return to or that never was’ in English.”
Singer and bass player High Priestess Nighthawk states:
“I started writing these lyrics about a deep-seated imposter syndrome. Now I think that the song is also about feeling small. When you are not only struggling to prevent yourself from disappearing, but trying hard to regain who you are: ‘How can I love anyone when I don’t even like myself?'”
Garden Of Heathens was recorded and mixed by John Forrestal at Animal Farm, Flemington, NJ and mastered by Will Spectre at Red Water Recording, Philadelphia, PA.
Photo courtesy of Heavy Temple
