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Lampwork

by Blew the Veils

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A 6-panel Digipak featuring artwork by Blew the Veils' Vivien McDermid.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    6-panel Digipak CD plus a limited edition book featuring artwork by Blew the Veils' Vivien McDermid.

    This 210mm x 210mm softback book features 48 pages of Vivien's mixed media paintings and collages, all created for the 'Lampwork' project.

    Vivien McDermid is a painter and songwriter based in Edinburgh.

    Recent exhibitions include ‘Over Under Winter Summer’ at Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh and the group show ‘Chorus’ at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.

    “McDermid’s paintings are the physical manifestation of a curious mind. They are ethereal and truly captivating, transporting the viewer into a dark and playful world” Susie Brown, Founder of TRADE artists residency.

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Petrol Soft Breath 05:04 video
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Blush 02:42 video
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Burnt Milk 03:36 video
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Ray Guns 03:00 video
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Big Deal 03:43 video
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Fights in the Lot 03:08 video
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Pearl Night 04:51
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Butterflylight 02:03
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Cool Gang 03:07 video
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Dark Green Night 02:11 video
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about

“An ocean-spanning tender art-pop collaboration… The result is the hushed and beautiful album ‘Lampwork’” The Scotsman

“One of the most emotionally varied and emotionally engaging records to have landed in our collective inbox” SNACK

Blew the Veils is a new musical and visual collaboration between Scottish artist Vivien McDermid and Icelandic singer-songwriter Benedikt H. Hermannsson.

'Lampwork' is the duo's debut release. It's a collection of warm art-pop with emotive melodies and surreal folk lyrics with an accompanying limited-edition book of artworks by Vivien.

The roots of the project stem from McDermid's multi-faceted approach to painting, which sees her incorporate clay, wood, fabric and found objects into her experiments. While instinctive in her approach, McDermid found herself surprised by words floating to the surface.

These evocative everyday fantasias were woven into lyrics and sent to Hermannsson in the form of scribbles and typewritten sheets, and the songwriting process would begin with guest musicians visiting the studio over the coming weeks and months.

The result of this two-year collaboration has grown into a work of lustrous beauty.

Vivien McDermid is a painter and songwriter based in Edinburgh. Recent exhibitions include 'Over Under Winter Summer' at Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh and the group show 'Chorus' at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.

"McDermid's paintings are the physical manifestation of a curious mind. They are ethereal and truly captivating, transporting the viewer into a dark and playful world" Susie Brown, Founder of TRADE artists residency.

Based in Iceland, Benedikt H. Hermannsson's band Benni Hemm Hemm has toured widely, written music for theatre plays and performed at art festivals and all kinds of happenings worldwide. The band have released ten albums (written and produced by Benedikt) to critical acclaim…

"Whispy, ruminative strums with brass, strings, and fiercely emotive rhythms." Pitchfork

"Hearty brass sugared with glockenspiel and Hawaiian-whine guitar — that evoked both the ragged glories of Broken Social Scene and the sunshine prospect of Brian Wilson conducting a troupe of Salvation Army horns at a 1967 Smile session." Rolling Stone Magazine

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released November 18, 2022

Mastered by Sam Annand.

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