The Complete Works of Sister Viktorine, by Sister Viktorine

The Complete Works of Sister Viktorine

by Sister Viktorine

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	1.	The Fences Are Down 02:00
	2.	Walking Through Snow On Purpose 04:37
	3.	Southern Loss (For the absent) 04:48
	4.	Easy Evil 02:46
	5.	White Room 04:22
	6.	Ghostbikes 02:52
	7.	The Oh Six Female 02:07
	8.	Wheelhouse Abandonment 02:51
	9.	See-Thru 02:29
	10.	Leviathan In Spokane 02:55
	11.	Illusion St. 02:01
	12.	China Grove 02:13
	13.	Winding God Up Again 02:27
	14.	New Vic 02:55
	15.	Emptys 02:48
	16.	Hardened Tape 02:19
	17.	Corduroy Coat 02:08
	18.	Barabbas 02:06
	19.	More Songs About Mine Fires/Silver and Gold 02:23
	20.	We Don't Have An Attic 02:16
	21.	When The Saints Go Stag 02:18
	22.	Dancer For Want 02:31
	23.	Sister Viktorine 02:53
	24.	The High And Lonesome Racket 02:13
	25.	Buckeye Jim 02:44

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Back in 2014 I was in a rough state. At the tail end of a bad relationship and hating the music I was putting out under my own name. I decided to start making music under a new title, Sister Viktorine. Sister Viktorine Zak was a nun who worked with Hans Asperger at a church to help and study autistic children. It eventually was destroyed by the nazis along with Viktorine and months of research.
I recorded an EP and a demo album of 22 songs before deciding to come back to making things under my own name. I’ve remastered these recordings and releasing them as a long compilation. In a way it’s a preparation of what’s to come. Sparse and acoustic and a focus on short and simple melodies.
I hope you enjoy it.
-al Riggs, August 2018

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released August 22, 2018

all songs written by al riggs except for
track one: unknown
19 and 25: burl ives, probably

"The Oh Six Female" eventually was remixed as "(Wolf Dream)" on Hell House (BCRP001).

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