Spotify screenshot of the album cover for “Voices in the Atmosphere” by the duo Small Fools. The song playing is “Come Along for the Ride”. The album cover is primarily black and dark purple and looks similar to an illuminated medieval manuscript, with floral and avian details in light purple, maroon, and gold. At the center of the cover is a doodle that looks a bit like a woman in a religious habit holding a bright violet sheet across her body. On the “sheet” is the painterly image of another woman in black/dark gray with sketched lilac elongated star shapes where her eyes should be.
Lyrics of the song:
[Verse 2]
Twenty-seven miles or more
By the golden [?]
Surface on another shore
Somewhere in the astral plane (this line is highlighted in lilac, with the reference to the Astral Plane reminding me of Gale)
Memoriеs imbed my soul
[?]
Show me how to lose control
Tеll me how to carry on
Going on and on (on and on, on and on)
A screenshot of Small Fools’ Bandcamp page, with the label “cosmic bardcore” circled in citrus green with an arrow pointing to it.
The ghostly images of Siobhan, a half elf woman (and a bard) and Gale glowing blue-white against the dark blue and purple background of the Astral Plane.
Never has a musician or band scratched my exact itch quite so accurately. Small Fools might have even surpassed Sufjan Stevens’ “Illinois” with how laser-focused they’ve targeted my soul. #bardcore #cosmicbardcore #bg3 #gale