As with the rest of the songs on Oh Perilous World the songs are all directly taken from head lines. 1816 actually didn't have a summer - check it out on your own by googling it. The particles of ash from Mt Tambora caused huge fluctuations in the weather that year ~ Vermont and Maine lucked out and only had snow in June, the rest of the midwest had snow all the way through August and the southern states got bizarre cycles of hailstorms which completely decimated crops - it was even reported to drop to 30 something degrees in Georgia one night.
Crazy stuff - my heart aches when I think of what the poor farmers must have gone through. :(
The melody in this song is absolutely mesmerizing - gritty and catching. I think its one of the best songs on the album.
As with the rest of the songs on Oh Perilous World the songs are all directly taken from head lines. 1816 actually didn't have a summer - check it out on your own by googling it. The particles of ash from Mt Tambora caused huge fluctuations in the weather that year ~ Vermont and Maine lucked out and only had snow in June, the rest of the midwest had snow all the way through August and the southern states got bizarre cycles of hailstorms which completely decimated crops - it was even reported to drop to 30 something degrees in Georgia one night.
Crazy stuff - my heart aches when I think of what the poor farmers must have gone through. :(
The melody in this song is absolutely mesmerizing - gritty and catching. I think its one of the best songs on the album.