If the innocence mission doesn't move to tears so much as soaking your t-shirt then you aren't human. The last minute of this masterpiece is so moving when she sings hey,hey hi, hi over the multi layering guitars you can't help but feel it in your heart.its so syrapy and pretty.i just don't want it to end.this is magic.
I don't think I ever heard a better description of her music enough said glad I'm human but more so a soul a Spirit and a heart if only the world was familiar with her band her words period thank you
I remember in 1987 living in Clearwater Florida and hanging out in the record store at the mall there was this beautiful brunette who looked remarkably like Kate bush well she played this record for me called this mortal coil, which was very dark and euphoria came over me.i loved the female singer well the Kate bush looka like explained too me that it was Elizabeth Fraser from the cocteau twins whom I also had never heard of, which then she also played and I was hooked forever! WOW! I am a big fan of cocteau twins and thought no other band sounds like them, until I accidentally found the innocence mission.. WOW again. Can't believe I have struck gold again.i am so greatful for karens music, her pure voice and poetry is forever a part of my daily listening.thanks
Yes....I don't know when this album was made, but I picked it up because of the cover. One of the BEST albums EVER made. From Pennsylvania? She ranks up there with Elizabeth Fraser and Natalie Merchant!
A song familiar to the mental transit from perhaps late teens to 30, but at the same time, mature and even timeless beyond that. IM make a feast of the melancholic, rising high in Don's tolling guitar lines, the third comprising majestic 12-string tone-hangings riding/soaring through the last flanged minute, which of course collected up, are the rocking of steeple bells. Is it not the Lord Himself Who arrives in the midst of the crisis? This was the climax of Umbrella, and no one has made anything near it, then or now! Astounding! As clean as psychedelia can possibly be made. And whoever sang the word "...hush..." like Karen does here, no one! It's so great, so delicious! D & K, hope you are smiling. : )
I read an interview about this song and this album from Innocent Mission. I remember Karen saying that this song was about her having writer's block and not being able to find the lyrics: now in this hush; am I going silent now; have I overnight been emptied; where are words in this hush. That's what she is referring too. The sad part is she also said she didn't like this album (Umbrella) very much. It is her least favorite. She felt it was over produced and too layered. The producer was Larry Klein. I couldn't disagree more. I love every song on this record. I think it is their best, and I think Karen Peris's lyrics are so meaningful and deep on every song on this record. The music is beautiful. Everything about this record is perfect. I also wish they would bring back Steve Brown as the drummer. I really think their music lost something when they parted way.
I agree with you about Larry Klein's production on this album, as well as the craft he put into the first Innocence Mission album. This album plays to the mystical sense of Karen Peris's luminous yet childlike voice -- with Klein's production washing the album in an almost heavenly radiance. I was a DJ on an FM station in California back then and I used to play the first two Innocence Mission albums on my show. When "Glow" came out, I liked it but nowhere near the way that the first two albums affected me. They still do. "Glow" sits on a shelf and rarely gets played but the first two still find regular play, all these years later.
Also a fine comment. Very nicely expressed. I still love the Innocence Mission and own pretty much everything they've recorded, but its the first two records that have a profound emotional undertow, and I agree it comes from how the vocals, instrumentation and production are woven together.
Hi, SMALL PLANES, is a good record too. I feel the Innocence Mission is a treasure that most will never find, or wouldn't know if they did find it. Karen Peris is a beautiful person. The world needs more people like her, especially today. Some of the songs from the first two records have almost a haunting type melody that holds you hostage and won't let you go. It's beautiful! Thanks for your comment and information.
One, of the many things that make her lyrics so wonderful, is her complete honesty. You feel her living through these songs. Umbrella has always been my favorite album by them. It's such a mood album, capturing and holding it 'till the very end. Karen Peris is a very special person!
Remember hearing this song in the early 90s? .. Karen hit me like a ton of bricks.... wow! The intonation and Holy Spirit inspired lyrics coupled with your voice is too much!! It still hits in 2019! Hope to meet you all again someday! Peace be with You Karen, Don and Mike!
one evening back in 1988 I accompanied a friend who was going to Temple U. in Philadelphia to this small informal 'thing' on campus - and at some point, Karen's voice started emanating from behind a piano, as the formative years Innocence Mission started playing some of their songs. I can attest: 2 verses in, I was completely mesmerized by Karen's voice - and I've been a fan ever since. They're simply magical in person.
I found IM by accident so many years ago and I have yet to find their equal since. They are perfection, perhaps I need search no more, there are none better.
Lyrics: Oh, bless me, am I going silent now? Oh, have I overnight been emptied? If I could call these thoughts to come, to stand on this paper I could read what I mean, may I? May I? Oh, bless me, now I seem to come apart, to sink Inside this overwhelming, what can I do? What have I made of all of these new days? And forgive my despair Where is color this hour? Where is music this hour? Are they still going on somewhere? But where now, in this hush? Where are words in this hush? And what am I? Oh, bless us for we give our hearts to fear For so we give our minds to worry If I could brush this sorrow dust from off of our faces And see our joy again, may I? May I? Oh, let us make a joyful noise resound Oh, let us make a noise and hear it
I agree completely with the rapturous love for this song and the band in general. LOVE the Cocteau Twins influence (particularly prominent around 2:57 and onwards). I'm so looking forward to replacing my old copy of this disc, which for some insane reason, I no longer have!
Innocence Mission, Mazzy Star, The Sundays… my favorite 1990’s indie bands!
Why this song was not a radio hit single one may never know...it has everything...
If the innocence mission doesn't move to tears so much as soaking your t-shirt then you aren't human. The last minute of this masterpiece is so moving when she sings hey,hey hi, hi over the multi layering guitars you can't help but feel it in your heart.its so syrapy and pretty.i just don't want it to end.this is magic.
I don't think I ever heard a better description of her music enough said glad I'm human but more so a soul a Spirit and a heart if only the world was familiar with her band her words period thank you
Well said, Eifeltower. Well said. Simply divine.
Karen's voice is beyond belief, honest, pure, child like amazement in all it's incredible wonder
How am I only just experiencing this song for the first time now...?! 😱
I remember in 1987 living in Clearwater Florida and hanging out in the record store at the mall there was this beautiful brunette who looked remarkably like Kate bush well she played this record for me called this mortal coil, which was very dark and euphoria came over me.i loved the female singer well the Kate bush looka like explained too me that it was Elizabeth Fraser from the cocteau twins whom I also had never heard of, which then she also played and I was hooked forever! WOW! I am a big fan of cocteau twins and thought no other band sounds like them, until I accidentally found the innocence mission.. WOW again. Can't believe I have struck gold again.i am so greatful for karens music, her pure voice and poetry is forever a part of my daily listening.thanks
Haven't heard this since 1991. Now I can't stop listening to it. Again.
Thank you.
whenever insomnia hits, his song is comforting
The greatest band ever.
Cocteau Twins meets 10,000 Maniacs. Excellent.
Yes....I don't know when this album was made, but I picked it up because of the cover. One of the BEST albums EVER made. From Pennsylvania? She ranks up there with Elizabeth Fraser and Natalie Merchant!
A song familiar to the mental transit from perhaps late teens to 30, but at the same time, mature and even timeless beyond that. IM make a feast of the melancholic, rising high in Don's tolling guitar lines, the third comprising majestic 12-string tone-hangings riding/soaring through the last flanged minute, which of course collected up, are the rocking of steeple bells. Is it not the Lord Himself Who arrives in the midst of the crisis? This was the climax of Umbrella, and no one has made anything near it, then or now! Astounding! As clean as psychedelia can possibly be made. And whoever sang the word "...hush..." like Karen does here, no one! It's so great, so delicious! D & K, hope you are smiling. : )
I read an interview about this song and this album from Innocent Mission. I remember Karen saying that this song was about her having writer's block and not being able to find the lyrics: now in this hush; am I going silent now; have I overnight been emptied; where are words in this hush. That's what she is referring too.
The sad part is she also said she didn't like this album (Umbrella) very much. It is her least favorite. She felt it was over produced and too layered. The producer was Larry Klein. I couldn't disagree more. I love every song on this record. I think it is their best, and I think Karen Peris's lyrics are so meaningful and deep on every song on this record. The music is beautiful. Everything about this record is perfect. I also wish they would bring back Steve Brown as the drummer. I really think their music lost something when they parted way.
+zyzzyvavils
I agree with you about this record.
I agree with you about Larry Klein's production on this album, as well as the craft he put into the first Innocence Mission album. This album plays to the mystical sense of Karen Peris's luminous yet childlike voice -- with Klein's production washing the album in an almost heavenly radiance. I was a DJ on an FM station in California back then and I used to play the first two Innocence Mission albums on my show. When "Glow" came out, I liked it but nowhere near the way that the first two albums affected me. They still do. "Glow" sits on a shelf and rarely gets played but the first two still find regular play, all these years later.
Also a fine comment. Very nicely expressed. I still love the Innocence Mission and own pretty much everything they've recorded, but its the first two records that have a profound emotional undertow, and I agree it comes from how the vocals, instrumentation and production are woven together.
Hi, SMALL PLANES, is a good record too. I feel the Innocence Mission is a treasure that most will never find,
or wouldn't know if they did find it. Karen Peris is a beautiful person. The world needs more people like her, especially today. Some of the songs from the first two records have almost a haunting type melody that holds you hostage and won't let you go. It's beautiful! Thanks for your comment and information.
That explains it's absence on Spotify. This track is quite amazing. I have always carried this song with me through the years.
After all these years they have no equal
One, of the many things that make her lyrics so wonderful, is her complete honesty. You feel her living through these songs. Umbrella has always been my favorite album by them. It's such a mood album, capturing and holding it 'till the very end. Karen Peris is a very special person!
Remember hearing this song in the early 90s? .. Karen hit me like a ton of bricks.... wow!
The intonation and Holy Spirit inspired lyrics coupled with your voice is too much!! It still hits in 2019!
Hope to meet you all again someday! Peace be with You Karen, Don and Mike!
one evening back in 1988 I accompanied a friend who was going to Temple U. in Philadelphia to this small informal 'thing' on campus - and at some point, Karen's voice started emanating from behind a piano, as the formative years Innocence Mission started playing some of their songs. I can attest: 2 verses in, I was completely mesmerized by Karen's voice - and I've been a fan ever since. They're simply magical in person.
I love this song.
I found IM by accident so many years ago and I have yet to find their equal since. They are perfection, perhaps I need search no more, there are none better.
You just close your eyes and float, and float up and around to the sound of this angels voice.
TIM are great, no need to argue,
but don't forget The Sundays!!!
Greetz
KK
i can feel myself float up with the first chord
Amazing song that I just discovered! A sound that resembles that of The Sundays which I was / am a big fan of.
There's a special place in my heart for this album
I totally agree!
In my all time top 20 songs, a great song about writers block
I always love a good writer's block song. These days, it's Gregory Allen Isakov with the happy-sad feels.
Lyrics:
Oh, bless me, am I going silent now?
Oh, have I overnight been emptied?
If I could call these thoughts to come, to stand on this paper
I could read what I mean, may I? May I?
Oh, bless me, now I seem to come apart, to sink
Inside this overwhelming, what can I do?
What have I made of all of these new days?
And forgive my despair
Where is color this hour? Where is music this hour?
Are they still going on somewhere?
But where now, in this hush?
Where are words in this hush? And what am I?
Oh, bless us for we give our hearts to fear
For so we give our minds to worry
If I could brush this sorrow dust from off of our faces
And see our joy again, may I? May I?
Oh, let us make a joyful noise resound
Oh, let us make a noise and hear it
Perfection.
I heard an acoustic version in 1991, but could never find it. Spellbinding!
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Thank you Karen.
im so sorry
I agree completely with the rapturous love for this song and the band in general. LOVE the Cocteau Twins influence (particularly prominent around 2:57 and onwards). I'm so looking forward to replacing my old copy of this disc, which for some insane reason, I no longer have!
Normally I don't like guitars, but they play it very emotional. Nice arrangements.
Supreme.
Wow.
@Killahboot Actually, that honor would go to Steve Kilbey. :-) But Karen's pretty great too.
Where is color this hour? Where is music this hour? Are they still going on somewhere? (8)
and forgive my despair
i agree with tot fried
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