Nameless cravings rupture from the depths, reduce the body to convulsions with a mind that over flows. The people come together and seek out a possession from the spirits of dead gods in the abyss. Earthly orgies of heavenly proportion; where brooding brewers haunt and serve up magic potions. A freckled spectacle of pepper in the night sky from the slow burn of jazz cigarettes. We’ll lift our spirits up for a spirited up-roar. Intoxicants turning strangers into mates who dance on slippery slopes to loosen social constraints; to have fun and be free. Come on baby, it’s the Dionysian mystery! It’s the Dionysian Mystery, a Bacchanalia, a drunken revelry. It’s the Dionysian Mystery, a celebration, a gathering of epic proportions. Mouths full of flesh. Tongue twisting tongue-tasting tongues tied together. Radical acts of passion are vital forms of action and desperate attempts to express any bloody thing at all. We’ll lift our spirits up for a spirited up-roar. The lore of the smoking tree, and the allure of the vine. We enter the underworld possessed by the dead divine—who bring forth the herbs and wine. We’ll get our spirits real high.
credits
from Man Without a Head,
released June 15, 2016
2. Jazz Cigarettes & Dionysian Mysteries (Curran / Mitchell / Smyth)
Glenn Curran: Guitar, Vocals
Sam Libretti: Bass
Nnamdi Ogbonnaya: Drums, Vocals
Paul Casey: Saxophone
Patrick Mitchell: Guitar, Lead Vocals
Brendan Smyth: Lead Vocals
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