TEXT FROM THE AURORAMUSIC STORE:
IN APRIL 2022, AURORA READ A LETTER THAT CHANGED HER LIFE. IT WAS CO-WRITTEN BY INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS, TITLED ‘WE ARE THE EARTH’, AND CALLED FOR A REVOLUTION: A COLLECTIVE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING – TO “HEAL THE LAND”. THEY DESCRIBED BEING CONNECTED TO THE LAND “THROUGH OUR HEARTS”, AND THE EARTH AS “THE HEART THAT PULSATES WITHIN US.” THE LETTER LED AURORA TO CONSIDER A QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEART? AND SO SHE BEGAN STUDYING BOOKS ON HUMAN ANATOMY, WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHY WESTERN CULTURE LOST TOUCH WITH THE DEEPER PURPOSE OF OUR MOST VITAL ORGAN.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEART? IS A JOURNEY FROM WEAKNESS TO STRENGTH, FROM SELF-DESTRUCTION TO SELF-HEALING. A POIGNANT AND INTROSPECTIVE MUSICAL JOURNEY THAT EXPLORES THE LOSS OF SPIRITUAL CONNECTION IN MODERN SOCIETY, THE HEALING POWER OF VULNERABILITY, AND THE CALL TO IGNITE CHANGE THROUGH REUNITING THE HEART WITH POLITICS AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
Songs on the album
Echo of My Shadow
To Be Alright
Your Blood
Conflict of the Mind
Some Type of Skin
The Essence
Earthly Delights
The Dark Dresses Lightly
A Soul with No King
Dreams
My Name
Do You Feel
Starvation
The Blade
My Body Is Not Mine
Invisible Wounds
The 8th song on her albums is always the special one for her. I wonder what the story behind The Dark Dresses Lightly will be!