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'The Blue Hour' is a song cycle born of a collaboration among five composers—Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider—commissioned and performed by A Far Cry, who are joined by singer Shara Nova. Set to excerpts from Carolyn Forché’s epic abecedarian poem 'On Earth, 'the music follows one woman’s journey through the liminal space between life and death via thousands of hallucinatory and non-linear images. Exploring memories of childhood, war, love, and loss, 'The Blue Hour' amplifies the beauty, pain, and fragility of human life from a collective female perspective. Album Photography: Anja Schutz Photograph Assistant: Jamie T. Berger Hair & Makeup: Alayna Rakes Hair color by Mallory Blough at Bianchi Salon, Royal Oak, MI Additional photo editing: David Dutton, DM Stith Photographer for Rachel Grimes: Jessie Kriech-Higdon Photographer for Caroline Shaw: Tyler Bertram Visualizer by Robert Edridge-Waks