Armistice

Album: Lupercalia (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • No wonder this song sounds otherworldly. Amongst the instruments played on this tune are an Armenian instrument called a Dudok, a Cristal Baschet and a glass harmonica.
  • The song interpolates part of an old Manx-Gaelic folk tune called "Blackbird."

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