From what I've been told, Poe cleaned out her father's attic when he passed away, and she found tapes of speeches he made, and that's the recordings of her father that you hear in this CD. I love this CD, I listen to it over and over, it's so amazing, but I can't listen to it at night, because it just gives me chills. Such an amazingly constructed album, however. She wrote this album not only for her father, but to go along with her brother's book, House of Leaves.
From what I've read both Mark's House of Leaves and Anne's album were written in response to their father's death. They are bookends in a way and his presence felt throughout both.
From what I've read both Mark's House of Leaves and Anne's album were written in response to their father's death. They are bookends in a way and his presence felt throughout both.
From what I've been told, Poe cleaned out her father's attic when he passed away, and she found tapes of speeches he made, and that's the recordings of her father that you hear in this CD. I love this CD, I listen to it over and over, it's so amazing, but I can't listen to it at night, because it just gives me chills. Such an amazingly constructed album, however. She wrote this album not only for her father, but to go along with her brother's book, House of Leaves.
That's true, she tells the whole story in the CD leaflet insert.
That's true, she tells the whole story in the CD leaflet insert.
From what I've read both Mark's House of Leaves and Anne's album were written in response to their father's death. They are bookends in a way and his presence felt throughout both.
From what I've read both Mark's House of Leaves and Anne's album were written in response to their father's death. They are bookends in a way and his presence felt throughout both.