A Thousand Falls is a Twin Cities indie band formed in late 2008. Melding … Read Full Bio ↴A Thousand Falls is a Twin Cities indie band formed in late 2008. Melding a variety of influences (from local favorites the Jayhawks to Wilco to Sigur Ros) they have distinguished themselves as a band of extraordinary lyrical depth and passion. In local Twin Cities shows at such venues as the Fine Line and the 400 Bar, they have drawn in audiences and taken them somewhere through their music.
The band was formed in the midst of profound personal tragedy, but out of that beginning something quite beautiful has emerged.
In 2008 Adam Swenson lost his baby son, Nico, to complications from a heart surgery. Several musician friends came together to play at Nico’s funeral. Soon, a new maternity clinic (named after Nico) was built in a remote part of Africa, and this same group of friends played a benefit show for the clinic. The band realized something special was happening when they got together, and A Thousand Falls was formed.
Perhaps because of their beginning, A Thousand Falls debut album, Midnight, features songs that emerge out of the recesses of the heart. Singer Pat Kahnke says, “We’re actually happy guys, by and large, but these songs have captured a certain time in our lives. The songs on our new album were written by four different guys in the band, and we all experienced the heaviness of the past couple years as we wrote. The songs come across right now as a bit of a lonely walk through dark woods, but we can already see the trees starting to thin out.”
Despite the subject matter of the songs, the sound is engaging and accessible. Kahnke says, “That’s because we ultimately aren’t big fans of catharsis. It’s a little selfish, we think, to merely open a vein and bleed all over the audience. We can do catharsis at home. What we’re looking for is transcendence, and that’s something we can invite others to engage in with us.”
To listen to the band perform a song like “Midnight Has Fallen,” which Swenson wrote about the experience of losing his son, is to enter into that sort of transcendence that only a shared musical experience can offer. And the mixture of foreboding and hope that characterized the band’s past two years can be summed up in the final words of Trevis Underdahl’s song, “Colors.” “If flowers bloomed in starlight, if I knew we’d be alright, I’d rest in fearless love tonight.”
The band was formed in the midst of profound personal tragedy, but out of that beginning something quite beautiful has emerged.
In 2008 Adam Swenson lost his baby son, Nico, to complications from a heart surgery. Several musician friends came together to play at Nico’s funeral. Soon, a new maternity clinic (named after Nico) was built in a remote part of Africa, and this same group of friends played a benefit show for the clinic. The band realized something special was happening when they got together, and A Thousand Falls was formed.
Perhaps because of their beginning, A Thousand Falls debut album, Midnight, features songs that emerge out of the recesses of the heart. Singer Pat Kahnke says, “We’re actually happy guys, by and large, but these songs have captured a certain time in our lives. The songs on our new album were written by four different guys in the band, and we all experienced the heaviness of the past couple years as we wrote. The songs come across right now as a bit of a lonely walk through dark woods, but we can already see the trees starting to thin out.”
Despite the subject matter of the songs, the sound is engaging and accessible. Kahnke says, “That’s because we ultimately aren’t big fans of catharsis. It’s a little selfish, we think, to merely open a vein and bleed all over the audience. We can do catharsis at home. What we’re looking for is transcendence, and that’s something we can invite others to engage in with us.”
To listen to the band perform a song like “Midnight Has Fallen,” which Swenson wrote about the experience of losing his son, is to enter into that sort of transcendence that only a shared musical experience can offer. And the mixture of foreboding and hope that characterized the band’s past two years can be summed up in the final words of Trevis Underdahl’s song, “Colors.” “If flowers bloomed in starlight, if I knew we’d be alright, I’d rest in fearless love tonight.”
Goodnight Elizabeth
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Counting Crows I was wasted in the afternoon Waitin' on a train I woke…
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@Bill Mason [If you have British(English/Scottish/Welsh) heritage and would like to know more, this is for you]
To be accurate here; British is an ethnicity like Irish(though census forms may not differentiate between British and Irish ethnicity), natives of the island of Britain(English, Scottish, and Welsh) - but politically the Northern Irish can count themselves as British if they wish(it's also somewhat true, almost all Irish have heritage from or in Britain over the millennia).
Each nation on the island of Britain has it's own sets of bagpipes(the English Northumbrian pipes being the oldest and quietest, and the Scottish Highland being the loudest and most famous) - this is why the bagpipes stir something deep within those from this island regardless of the territories they inhabit.
For anyone interested; Celtic culture of music and tartans(etc) is actually near ubiquitous across Britain and Ireland, where the only real difference is the style of each instrument and a preference for a certain musical key(but defaulting to the key of D Major).
A recent region wide genetic study shows that all people who are ethnically British are still largely related to the pre-roman Britons, areas in Wales have the highest rates of Brythonic settler DNA but all British are near the mark of 80% native Briton with the rest filled mostly by Saxon DNA but remnants of Viking remains in coastal areas and Ireland, particularly the islands around Britain and Ireland.
The area with the least genetic similarity to the rest of the islands is the South East of England where higher Saxon rates in each genetic makeup is observed but the vestiges of Norman and Roman exist as this was one of the rare places those families settled(as Norman or Roman peoples did not actively settle in Britain - rather changing and controlling it through administrative and cultural means), remnants of Viking DNA can be found all along the Eastern coast of Britain including most of Scotland.
Invading kings and conquerors didn't wipe out the previous occupants of the island, the Roman Empire set a precedence for Britain which was; assimilate the people- don't fight them.
This was particularly wise because the Britons were berserkers and druids -not a force that was worth fighting if you could control them from the top down. Which each successive invading King/Queen did, assimilating into the Brythonic populace and controlling the kingdoms from the top - with language and religion.
In the last couple of centuries there was a strange pseudo-scientific school of thought that appeared in Britain(these things popped up in many places, the US having its own lion's share of pseudo-science schools of thought that spread like wildfire),
this idea was that there was secretly a racial classification and divider between those of some reckoned pure English/Saxon and those of the lesser classification of 'Celt' - prior to this era 'Celt' was a name for 'savages' that the Romans used to refer to the tribal Northern Europeans, which included northern France and Germany as well as those from the island that, at the time, was part fairytale. Thus, the new 'pure' school of thought is and was incorrect - unfortunately this spread into the USA and has not quite died away yet, the idea that English, Scottish, and Welsh(even Irish) are actually distinct from each other in any way.
With our modern take on genetics we can see that the Romans were unknowingly correct in their glib assessment of these peoples - all who were called Celts are still in fact related to each other and are not, and were not, restricted to parts of Scotland and Ireland - northern France retains it's celtic culture too.
The British Royal family may appear to be separate from Scotland and Wales, but in reality that family has long deep roots in both of those regions(the Tudor/Tewdwr being Welsh, and the Stewarts being Scottish). Historically, a funeral send off from bagpipes would not be amiss for anyone from Britain - but, in this instance, made all the more poignant by the fact that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed them so much and her own personal piper played her to her rest, a contrast to waking her each morning.
@yasuhitoohta8890
I'm Japanese, but I don't think there's anyone who has been so loved by the people. Please accept my sincere condolences.
@IbrahimMirzaTheGreaat
Arigato
@pjmiller8632
Princess Diana was loved greatly too. It was an amazing turn out for her as well. I remember men and women openly crying in the streets and the beautiful sound of the church bells as her casket left the church after her service. I felt so sad for Harry and William. Both just boys at the time and having to solemnly walk behind their Mom’s coffin in public for some distance. Also Diana’s brother’s speech for her was beautiful and touching, and the massive round of applause in reaction that spilled from the public outside and spread inwards into the church. Elton John also sang ‘Candle in the Wind’ at her service. Unforgettable. All of it. The Queen’s service was touching too. Incredible life of service. 💜
@user-zx2mj8yj2j
Britain has ever had two of the gratest queen.
They were called "Victoria" and "Elizabeth".
@rovercoupe7104
Thank you, you are very kind. M.
@weeddegree
The land of green lands, that we are
@TheTaz1999
The most powerful moment in television history.. Had the whole world crying.
@c-historia
you're right!
@johnnycaruthers7180
I'd say 9/11 was the most powerful moment in TV history, but this is certainly a close contender.
@classygary
Not me 🤷🏻♂️ .