The landscape here is flooded — lush wetlands rising with memories of the life that came before and the life still to come. From wooded hillsides where new houses are going up come the calls of languages from across this wet globe. From boardwalk shores with claw machines and hot dog stands come the misty eyes of young lovers bearing gifts beyond themselves. Later, in a dream, a friend long gone walks the Lake Michigan coastline heading north in search of a place where change — with its new lives and new deaths — spares those for whom the passage of time has become unbearable. And then sleep.

Track Listing

“Pilgrimage” — Bill Gillard

“Sing to These Roses (early draft)” — Bill Gillard

“You Ever Music Me” — Bill Gillard

“Turn Back or Die” — Bill Gillard

“Sing to These Roses” — Bill Gillard

“Desire, the River” — Tad's Living Room

“Germination” — Ed Martin

“Anywhen but Then” — Tad's Living Room

“Up the Lake with Mike” — Bill Gillard

 "Visions of Half Sleep" is a dreamlike soundscape, a collaboration among artists in northeast Wisconsin. It is Bill Gillard's words and voice along with music by many.

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