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Ramakhandra’s propulsive 2nd single, “Andromeda Soup Dumpling'' is a dreamland anthem for our new isolation age. Lyrically conceived by vocalist/harpist Annastezhaa as a means to cope with the progression of her mother’s worsening illness, the pure emotion it conveys couldn’t be more poignant right now.
The COVID-19 crisis facing the world hits at the very soul of our humanity mixing feelings of hopelessness, and loneliness. Understanding just how fragile we all are, and the deep pain of being unable to be with those you love during this time, or change what happens to them. Andromeda feels like an elixir to all of these emotions, distilling them down into energy, and then using that power to break free. You are launched into the stratosphere from the very first moments, vocalist/harpist Annastezhaa’s harp rings out filling your brain with a sweet concoction of rippling chords. You can’t help but feel like you’re being shot into the sky as bass, drums, and harp push you higher and higher before the vocals wrap you in a warm embrace.
While it's built upon pain, at its core this is a song about hope. It’s success at the last moment, it’s catharsis, or a dumpling at the bottom of a soup bowl. It reminds you that no matter how separated you feel from someone physically, their essence still surrounds you, and exists inside you forever. This is Ramakhandra at the height of their powers, shepherding you past the clouds, through the milky stars, before letting you float away in zero gravity.
lyrics
Go no farther
Until you have seen my face
Use these techniques
That seem to defy nature
Alive in your luminosity
Magellanic Cloud cover me
I am no longer deceived
By that which has been held
Against me and I know that I've
Felt your shape in the scintillating sky
A dragon
Cleft the sky, and left glitter behind
Melt in the dark of my mind
The sadness
Of a blossom when it realized
The branch could no longer bear its life
Can you feel me?
Leave not-
Until you have seen my face!
Alive in your luminosity
Magellanic Cloud cover me
I am no longer deceived
By that which has been held
Against me and I know that I've
Seen your shape in the sadness of the sky
I saw an empty cloud heave
An endless roll
And arc its weight while it
Sobbed cross the desert
But I wish it were me
A dragon cleft the sky, and left glitter behind
Melt in the dark of my mind
The sadness of a blossom when it realized
The branch could no longer bear its life
Can you feel me?
(I felt your shape in the…)
You found that creature who came from the sun
And you taught him that he was not the only one
And there was something I could not bear
When I saw myself in that cold and molten stare
Though he broke your bones, and he bore his teeth,
There’s a love that’s still burning, and rising- free
You found that creature who came from the sun
And you taught him that he was not the only one
I saw an empty cloud heave
The softest weight
Now tell me where you’re from
My Andromeda Soup Dumpling
Now tell me where you’re from
My Andromeda Soup Dumpling
And I will follow you there
My Andromeda soul-
My Andromeda Soup Dumpling
Now tell me where you’re from
My Andromeda Soup Dumpling
credits
released May 15, 2020
Annastezhaa - Pedal Harp/ Vocals
Clato - Bass
Ness - Synth
Nobahdee - Drums
Andromeda Soup Dumpling by Ramakhandra
Recorded and mixed by Bradley Giroux
Mastered by Keith Gretlain
Single Artwork by Shintaro Kago
Ramakhandra are a music megazord made up of a cosmic harpist/vocalist, an intergalactic whale of a bass player, a master Atari synth player, and supported by a space-time continuum bending drummer.
