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When it Rains in Broken Hill

by The Orbweavers

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‘When it Rains in Broken Hill’ is the first single from The Orbweavers’ forthcoming album ‘New Moon / Silver Moon’. It was written during an arts residency in Far West NSW on Wilyakali and Barkandji / Barkindji Country in late 2022, responding to desert flowers of the region that arrive with spring rains, Broken Hill’s corrugated iron buildings, extensive laneways, and personal stories of distance and yearning.

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When it rains in Broken Hill
How you feel it on the tin
How you hear it on the tin
Through the night

I know that you’ve left town
But your songs are still around
And I’m willing this sweet rain to bring them back

When rains fall in the spring
Desert flowers sing
Purple Bush Tomato
Desert Pea

While desert roses grow
as crystals here below
Blooms above
And blooms deep in the sand

On the rainiest of days
I walk slowly through the lanes
Dogs a howling chorus to my tears

Gutters cut so deep
Red stone and mortars weep
Creeks are running down the hills to town

Verandahs draped in grapevine shade the morning
Red sand holds the night and glitters with the rising sun

On a stationary train
I sit here with the rain
Carriage 209 in seat 13

Silver City
skies and trails
Flying comet, desert rails
Untold journeys made across these lines
Wilyakali Country through all time.

credits

released October 27, 2023
Written, Recorded and Produced by The Orbweavers (Marita Dyson & Stuart Flanagan)
Released by Mistletone

Heartfelt thanks to the people who made our visit to Wilyakali and Barkandji / Barkindji Country so special: Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Leroy Johnson & The Waterbag Band, Aimee Volkofsky and Jo Crase.
And heartfelt thanks to Sophie and Ash Miles at Mistletone Records.

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The Orbweavers Melbourne, Australia

The Orbweavers are Marita Dyson & Stuart Flanagan, multidisciplinary artists working in song, performance and visual art. Their work responds to history, memory and place. They are interested in local waterways, industrial history and environmental change.

They have written and recorded 3 albums, co-produced by their greyhound companions, Fern (RIP 2018) & Susie, released through Mistletone.
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