Line #27 Music/Serpentwithfeet


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:A serpent in the fields]]
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4	->''Today I'll find a kind and burrowing creature that can carry these pages into the ground\
5	He'll recite the details of your love with his family\
6	And what was once a whisper will become a deep rumbling sound''
7	-->-- "bless ur heart"
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9	Serpentwithfeet, moniker of the Baltimore-born Josiah Wise (born July 9, 1988), is an experimental musician based in Brooklyn, New York who became known for his artful blending of [[GospelMusic gospel]] with disparate genres such as [[ElectronicMusic electronica]] and [[ClassicalMusic classical music]].
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11	Moving to New York after initially training to be an opera singer and getting rejected by the conservatories he applied to, he would become apart of Philadelphia's [[NeoSoul neo soul]] scene and release his first single "Curiosity of Other Men" in 2014. This would lead up to the release of ''blisters'', which would garner acclaim and recognition from numerous experimental musicians and producers, most notably Music/{{Bjork}}.
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13	With this Wise began to work on his studio debut with assistance from noted producers such as Clams Casino and Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine collaborator Paul Epworth. Inspired by a breakup as well as the power of Wise's own vocal peculiarities, ''soil'' arrived in June 2018 garnering accolades for it's gospel-meets-experimental electronic sound.
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15	His work can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsY21oFkca1Rg1XmcIMS5qA YouTube]], [[https://soundcloud.com/serpentwithfeet SoundCloud]], and [[https://serpentwithfeet.bandcamp.com Bandcamp]], among other places.
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17	!!Discography
18	* ''blisters'' (EP) (2016)
19	* ''Music/{{soil}}'' (2018)
20	* ''Apparition'' (EP) (2020)
21	* ''DEACON'' (2021)
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23	!!Tropes present in his work
24	* AllLowercaseLetters: ''soil'' and all the song titles are written in lowercase. By contrast, ''DEACON'''s album title is in all caps.
25	* BiblicalMotifs: Serpentwithfeet often references his Christian upbringing and incorporates biblical and religious themes into his music, such as the Garden of Eden, heaven, and spiritual awakening.
26	* CostumePorn: Practically his most noticeable quality outside his music. I mean [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/serpentwithfeet_kitchen_promo_1_credit_elliott_brown_jr_3700x5500_683x1024_1.jpg look]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img2_7.jpg at]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_12.jpg him]].
27	* IntercourseWithYou: "seedless", "cherubim" and "waft" from ''soil'', and "Wood Boy" from ''DEACON''.
28	* LighterAndSofter: In comparison with his first studio album ''soil'', ''DEACON'' is more an album about romance and love.
29	* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: His sound can be described as Music/ArethaFranklin meeting with Music/{{Arca}} for brunch. Serpent himself has even called his work, "[[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/09/serpentwithfeet-blisters-gospel pagan gospel]]".
30	* QueerRomance: Much of serpentwithfeet's music, especially the ''DEACON'' album is about male/male love, specifically between black men.

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