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Huckleberry Hummingbird

from all our wolf hours by hellothisisalex

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In August 2009, we made a trip down through New Mexico with our friends Gareth and Sarah. We stopped and walked around in Rinconada Canyon, looking at the petroglyphs. Gareth was wearing a red t-shirt and thought a large insect was hovering around him. It turned out to be a hummingbird. Melissa set us all straight. Days later, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, we picked up a pair of greeting cards—one said “Huckleberry,” the other said “Hummingbird.” These cards were posted above our synths for several years. Eventually, the song was written, and Melissa recounted the story for the recording.

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We were down in New Mexico
A red t-shirt
We were down in New Mexico
A red t-shirt

And hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the colour red
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird
And hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the colour red
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird

We were down in New Mexico
A red t-shirt
We were down in New Mexico
A red t-shirt

And hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the colour red
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird
And hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the colour red
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird

We were down in New Mexico
A red t-shirt
We were down in New Mexico
A red t-shirt

And hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the colour red
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird
And hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the colour red
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird
But it wasn't a bug that was a hummingbird don't swat at the hummingbird.

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from all our wolf hours, released January 27, 2021
Talking by Melissa Creasey.

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hellothisisalex Hamilton, Ontario

hellothisisalex is Melissa Creasey and Mark Prier. Together, they write bizarro electro-pop infused with whimsy, a love of pop music, experimental audio, and a northern-robot esthetic. In February 2001, they christened themselves ‘hellothisisalex.’

The music the duo write is primarily electronic, filled with raw analogue synths and otherworldly noises carried by melodic bass lines.
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