The fierce and fearlessly afraid young woman yearning, searching, wanting, forming, growing, desiring, yearning. The littlest girl wandering through the weeds entirely alone. But really the grandness is in the tiniest detail, the smallest wound I must allow to heal, the tiniest shine of light from within the cracks, each flicker of rapture.

Being in and of myself, in the moment, every moment, so being in and of nature, the universe, the multiplicitous oneness. Working with nature, again, of which I am. Recognising resistance within myself and breaking it down, becoming slowly more fluid and flowing within a universality I cannot nor should ever control, externally or internally, one and the same. From form, to formlessness, to joyous rapture within nature, which I am a part of.

This is how I tell the story of myself, I cannot through any other means. I am sound and nature and nature and sound is me. And as nothing remains, being able to capture any single one of these is precious. Each sound captured and each sonic expression is of a place in time, and a place within myself. Each part has been created exactly when it could be, no sooner or later. I began writing this album in Autumn 2019, it’s taken two whole yearly cycles of myself, the seasons and the planets to finish its journey, though I am still very much on one. 'Breaking Ice' is her journey through and into holistic magical queerness, connecting deeper with nature and herself. Cast out from her family and community she is surviving trauma, grief and loss, harnessing natural and neon Magick from between the cracks, and learning a new way to live and breathe that is intrinsic with the land and the Magick she can make there. A hermit who has long survived alone in the icy, barren land, the knotted forests and frozen waters, using her wit, close kindred and developing relationship with nature. Synda Sova is a being of the most Northern part of the hemisphere. Side A on the cassette version consists of four separate chapters and Side B is one beautifully epic sonic excursion.Ī bit more about the project from the artist herself. This penumbral journey is a testament to its creator in both its vulnerability and bravery. Melody, static and atmospherics coming together to create a dreamlike audio mood board. Two sides and two stories that consist of a deeply personal collection of found sound and spoken word meshed together with diverse production techniques and haunting, splintered soundscapes. 'Breaking Ice' is the emotive and ethereal debut release from Manchester based interdisciplinary artist Synda Sova.

The land of blood and ice