Valley Of Dreams – A Martian Odyssey is the fifth full album from SEODAH - if you exclude collaborations, various mini-albums and a diversion into thrash metal....
It follows on from 2023's Rossum: Experimental Radio and is the second of three concept albums based on classic sci-fi from the early 20th century.
Pre-sale opens on 10 July with full release on 17 July. It'll be available though the mighty Wormhole World - like all physical SEODAH releases - https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/.
About Valley Of Dreams – A Martian Odyssey
It's based on "A Martian Odyssey"- a classic science fiction short story by American writer Stanley G. Weinbaum- originally published in the July 1934 issue of Wonder Stories. It also touches on the follow-up story, “Valley Of Dreams”.
Once upon a time on Mars, the astronaut Jarvis decided to go for a stroll and ended up saving a quirky alien named Tweel, who looked disturbingly like a Space Ostrich.
Tweel wasn’t just any ostrich though; he was a linguistic marvel who mastered the art of saying "one-one-two" for just about everything.
Together, Jarvis and his new feathered friend embarked on an adventure across the Martian landscape, encountering bizarre creatures and puzzling phenomena. There were crystal creatures that thought they were plants and then there were the funny looking barrel creatures who just couldn't stop rolling around.
As they traversed the red planet, Tweel, the Space Ostrich, proved to be not just amusing but remarkably smart when it came to survival tactics – all while flapping his non-existent wings.
In the end, Jarvis managed to return to his spaceship with tales of his extraordinary journey and his newfound pal.
Track-listing
- The Aries Mission - prelude
- The Aries Mission
- Freak Ostrich
- Fancy Long
- Flourescing
- Dream Beast
- Latitude Sixty
- We Are Vriends
- Sun Power
- Lord, What A City
- Thoth
- No Breet
- Xanthus City
- All The Mysteries Of Mars
- The Aries Mission Reprise
About the recording
Everything was written and played by me and recorded in my tiny loft studio.
About SEODAH
The name Sound Effects Of Death And Horror comes from the BBC soundtrack album of the same name released in 1977. It’s a one-person project by me!
I grew up in England in the 70s and 80s, experiencing at first hand the joys of the Cold War and Thatcherism. My early memories are full of civil defence, nuclear siren tests, public information films, Quatermass and Doctor Who.
I do SEODAH as a “not for profit” exercise and give any excess cash (not that there’s much!) to local charities or the labels I work with.