Raised By Swans
raised by swans is Canadian solo artist Eric Howden (note: "members" sectio… Read Full Bio ↴raised by swans is Canadian solo artist Eric Howden (note: "members" section on this website is incorrect).
A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Howden has written, recorded and released three full-length albums as raised by swans thus far; Codes and Secret Longing (2005), No Ghostless Place (2010), and Öxnadalur (2014). His fourth album, 'raised by swans is the name of a man', is set to come out in two volumes in 2021; four songs from Volume 1 were released on December 14th, 2020, on bandcamp exclusively.
Academy Award and Palm d’Or nominated director Atom Egoyan included three songs from Codes and Secret Longing in his film, Adoration (2009) and two songs from No Ghostless Place in the erotic thriller Chloe (2010). “Violet Light” from Codes and Secret Longing is featured in novelist Douglas Coupland’s film Everything’s Gone Green (2007), voted Canadian Feature Film of the Year at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Before 2013, raised by swans often erroneously presented himself in biographical information and interviews as a band rather than a solo artist, as he felt more comfortable hiding within a fictional collective. He eventually shared the truth in an interview conducted in between the release of No Ghostless Place and Öxnadalur.
'raised by swans is the name of a man' is a double album upon which he sings all of the singing and plays every instrument. While writing its 22 songs, he lost a dear cat friend who had been with him for 22 years, 6 months and 17 days, managed a tiny grocery store in the most remote municipality in Iceland (current population 53), briefly delivered post in the most remote municipality in Iceland, was wrongfully suspected of being a spy in the most remote municipality in Iceland, and planted 10,000 baby birch trees in the hills of Öxnadalur, all by himself.
raised by swans has performed concerts in Russia, Germany, Iceland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Canada, where he lives most of the time.
A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Howden has written, recorded and released three full-length albums as raised by swans thus far; Codes and Secret Longing (2005), No Ghostless Place (2010), and Öxnadalur (2014). His fourth album, 'raised by swans is the name of a man', is set to come out in two volumes in 2021; four songs from Volume 1 were released on December 14th, 2020, on bandcamp exclusively.
Academy Award and Palm d’Or nominated director Atom Egoyan included three songs from Codes and Secret Longing in his film, Adoration (2009) and two songs from No Ghostless Place in the erotic thriller Chloe (2010). “Violet Light” from Codes and Secret Longing is featured in novelist Douglas Coupland’s film Everything’s Gone Green (2007), voted Canadian Feature Film of the Year at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Before 2013, raised by swans often erroneously presented himself in biographical information and interviews as a band rather than a solo artist, as he felt more comfortable hiding within a fictional collective. He eventually shared the truth in an interview conducted in between the release of No Ghostless Place and Öxnadalur.
'raised by swans is the name of a man' is a double album upon which he sings all of the singing and plays every instrument. While writing its 22 songs, he lost a dear cat friend who had been with him for 22 years, 6 months and 17 days, managed a tiny grocery store in the most remote municipality in Iceland (current population 53), briefly delivered post in the most remote municipality in Iceland, was wrongfully suspected of being a spy in the most remote municipality in Iceland, and planted 10,000 baby birch trees in the hills of Öxnadalur, all by himself.
raised by swans has performed concerts in Russia, Germany, Iceland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Canada, where he lives most of the time.
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Raised By Swans Lyrics
A Cipher in a Foreign Sky Trapped a cipher in a foreign sky A signal fire An island…
By An Ion When you crawl to my side You're like a wounded bird With…
Capable of Cruelty My love, what have you done with all the time I…
Easier We were never meant to be apart Every step we take…
Hail of Arrows Sleep and forget until the names we knew are Bodies walled…
How Do These Hearts Unfold When strangers meet They seem more real to me Wide open sp…
Imagined Life Lately you've been gathering fragments Pictures, anecdotes …
Longer Shadows Shorter Days left behind when summer’s over in quiet lineups by the lake…
Night Fighter Look down upon the coastline The airstrip strange and bare …
North of Light's End From this moment There is nothing left of us Maybe there n…
Old Fires No shadow beneath my feet No trace left on the ground I…
Relentless Your voice had me so hard and so fast, and so…
Scent By the end of the summer you were so up high and…
Secret Garden / S.C. My love buried its young with Just one question It broke t…
Still Inside You I'm still inside you, Your supernova intravenous, Sliding …
The Past is the Prey Love You promised me Then you led us deeper into the trees…
The Waiting's Over No more oceans left Reserves have all been tapped and spent…
There Is No Escape memory, uninvited enemy, uninvited you will deny the traps…
There's Hope Yet The mornings you stole away I kept my eyes low Let you…
Unrequited / Stolen Lakes I can imagine you, Spreading your wings, Out in the snow, …
Violet Light I don't feel it I don't feel it anymore The city drowns…
We Were Never Young From every room hearts spoke through walls too thin to…