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The Geminids
By The Lovely Few

Les Anciens, or The Ancients
Gemini, or The Twins of Infinity
Mariner, or Never Swim Again
Castor and Pollux, or Which One Are You?
Tyndarids, or Tender Ones, Children of God, Children of Man
Gem, or Fanfare for Cosmic Dust
Jupiter, or There is no Exile
Prelude, or Sinking Stone
Mars, or God of War
Another, or The Covenant and The Way Things Are
Phaethon 2, or The Fall
Venus, or Another Life
Mercury, or Messenger of Extraordinary Things
Retrograde, or Direction is a Matter of Perspective

Les Anciens, Mariner, and Phaethon II- Music by Alan Davis and Mike Mewborne, lyrics by Mike Mewborne. “I am no protector” (Tyndarids) from Dylan Dickerson (Dear Blanca, Post-Echo) used with permission.
All others, words and music by Mike Mewborne.

Copyright 2014

This is a Hearts and Plugs release. H&P008

The Lovely Few is Alan Davis, Kate Mewborne, and Mike Mewborne.
Featuring Dan McCurry, Nick Jenkins, David Sease, and Kenny McWilliams.

Produced by Mike Mewborne and Dan McCurry.
Recorded and engineered by Dan McCurry at Apartment A Studio, Charleston, SC.
Mixed and Mastered by Kenny McWilliams at Archer Avenue Studio, Columbia, SC.

Special thanks to Laura James, Emily James, Reid Mewborne, Leize-Marie Davis, Megan Elger, Randy Borowski, Alex Roberts, Allan Bishop, Nathan Poole, Taylor Bray, Josh Rainwater, Ben Walker, Hannah Smolinski, Joel Taliaferro, Gary Allen, Susan Aplin, Dylan Sneed, Clay White, William Powell, Katie Madden, Patrick McQuinn, Caleb Weathersby, Justin Tweito, Spencer Junclaus, Kris Lotier, Christen Verkaik, Karis West, Jimmy Sawczuck, Adam Mihm, Paul Bowers, Jim and Sally Mewborne, Nate Puza, Julie Medlin, Jad Taylor, Dan Knott, Gil Soltz, Philip Brice, Julie Nalepa, Anna Westbury, Matt Torcasso, Mike Barnett, Daniel Machado, Aaron Graves, Jordan Cardwell, Jamie Bugner, Ruthanne Wenger, Nick Danger Wilson, Dylan Dickerson, and Philippe Herndon. You gave us a place to stay, gear to use, food to eat, advice, encouragement, came to shows, talked with us, bought merchandise, and/or have been otherwise supportive and inspiring. Thank you.
The Meteor Series
The meteor series came from sonic experimentation in a home studio back in 2006. Taylor Bray and I played with some sounds we had after recording the song Apartment on “Long Division.” The result was said to sound like a meteor shower, so we titled the track The Perseids, The Geminids, The Heavens Have Come Down and Intend to Dwell Among Us. In 2011, we wanted to return to this theme, dedicating a series of albums to various meteor showers. The research lead us through constellations, mythology, biography, science, and history. We thought about different ways to approach song writing, including different recording techniques, synth voices, and guitar effects. This is the result.

The Geminids
The Geminids meteor shower happens each December, and is one of the most active, and increasingly active, meteor showers. The Earth passes through a trail of dust left by asteroid 3200 Phaethon. It is one of the rare meteor showers that results from an asteroid rather than a comet, such as the Perseids which result from the Swift-Tuttle comet. It is named “The Geminids” because the constellation Gemini, or The Twins, is the location in the sky from which the meteors seem to be originating.

The theme of “The Geminids” is that we are complex beings in a complex world, often facing or even creating what seems to be duality. This can be both a source of beauty and tension in our lives.