The Cloud Hymn http://virb.com/thecloudhymn A SEED BURIED IN THE GROUND out 03.03.09 on AMBLE DOWN RECORDS. ORDER | ITUNES | AMAZON The Cloud Hymn is the alias of Wisconsin-born, singer-songwriter, John Nielsen. During Nielsen's time in Eau Claire, WI, eleven songs were born in the quiet panic of transition and life-changes, originating in Eau Claire, WI during the mud of colorful leaves and the frost of leaves deceased. The project is a direct result of its debut full-length, A Seed Buried In The Ground. Nielsen wrote most of the songs found on A Seed Buried In The Ground as a means of coping - for emotional release, and spiritual processing while still attending college. With little intention to pursue much of anything with his music, he broadcasted self-recorded demos for friends to hear and left it at that. Time went by, semesters came and went, Nielsen performed out once or twice, and word eventually spread. Fellow Eau Claire musician, Paul Brandt (Cranes & Crows), heard Nielsen's songs in the spring of 2008, and encouraged the young songwriter to pursue more than just his home-recording hiss. A Seed Buried In The Ground was recorded over the course of two days in the heat of late June in the attic of a little blue house. Its sound consists of airy guitar and voice played over simple piano melodies - a sound conceived from snow-covered branches lining dark and wet highways in the apathy of winter's quiet splendor. Each song melts together in complete cohesion, making for a lonely and lovely trip through their writer's consciousness. They are whispered melancholy accounts of buttoning up and spilling open, of looking out and looking in. They are pulling for something and someone else. Nielsen resides in Minneapolis, MN where he is currently in pursuit of his degree in law. The Cloud Hymn is actively performing throughout the region. ]]> Virb 2.0 (@thecloudhymn) en Amble Down Artist Page http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/posts/links/2032084 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:22:51 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/posts/links/2032084 Amble Down Records http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/posts/links/2032051 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:22:00 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/posts/links/2032051 The Cloud Hymn http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/videos/2031879 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:18:23 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/videos/2031879 Blood and Wood http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390851 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:33:59 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390851 Begin Again http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390849 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:33:35 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390849 Coming Through http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390848 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:33:11 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390848 To the Postmodern Man http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390847 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:32:53 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390847 Slow Tide http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390846 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:32:40 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390846 Some Years http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390845 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:32:27 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390845 To Myself http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390844 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:32:05 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390844 Lines http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390843 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:43 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390843 Moon http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390842 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:23 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390842 The Ending http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390840 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:58 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390840 Wide http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390839 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:29:00 -0800 http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/audio/390839 outside http://virb.com/thecloudhymn/photos/1721028

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