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Sigra (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist residing in Madison, WI. Her music is often
introspective and atmospheric, and her love of language and word play makes her densely
packed lyrics lend themselves to multiple listens.
Her most recent EP, 2021’s Bad Faith, can be found on all streaming services.
Pertinent Links:
Website: www.sirsigra.com
Bandcamp: sigra.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/__sigra
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1TYOjW7OPiRVOJt6FjhQDw

lyrics

DEAD LANGUAGES, 2021 DEMO VERSION

*ethereal, marimba-like bell tone pattern plays*
SIGRA:
I have never been that good with grammar
All my inclinations are wrong
I mistranslate and stammer
I come on too strong
Never quite belong
But when she tongues those pretty questions
Im flung into a past dimension
No pretension just declensions
I can finally decipher in sound
This is syntax so sweet
Semantic placement so discreet
No one else would know but me
She speaks to me in
Speaks to me in
*heavy bass comes in*
SIGRA:
Dead languages
Oh oh
Dead Languages
Oh oh
She says this feeling’s not a phase
Just discovered like a turn of phrase
In one of those
Dead languages
Oh oh
Dead languages
*all background falls away, only the bass remains*
SIGRA:
She’s such a gymnast with that mouth
I finally get what all those love songs on the radio are about
*a drumbeat comes back in*
SIGRA:
She knows all the connotations
Of all the little things im saying
With my eyes
Inaudibly
Phonology
Of the
Of the body
*all background falls away save ethereal bell tone*
SIGRA:
This is syntax so sweet
Semantic placement so discreet
No one else would know but me
She speaks to me in
Speaks to me in
*Heavy bass and drums return, along with the entrance of a reverb laden electric guitar*
SIGRA:
Dead languages
Oh oh
Dead Languages
Oh oh
She says this feeling’s not a phase
Just discovered like a turn of phrase
In one of those
Dead Languages
Oh oh
Dead languages
*all background falls away except the ethereal bell tone. Sigra’s voice layers on top of itself,
creating a choral style harmony*
SIGRA:
Dead languages
Dead languages
Dead languages
Dead languages
*silence, after a three count Sigra inhales sharply, leading into a searing electric guitar solo as
the rest of the background instrumentation rejoins*
SIGRA:
Dead Languages
*fin*

credits

from Queer Madison Mixtape: Summer's Ends, released September 7, 2021
Music, Lyrics and Production by Sigra DeWeese

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Queer Madison Mixtape Madison, Wisconsin

Queer Madison Mixtape is a Compilation of Low-Effort Recordings by Local Queers in Madison, WI.

We created a space for local queers to connect and share their quarantine tunes.

Donations for downloads will go to making Communication–a safer, sober arts and music space–more physically accessible.

QMM Collective Members: Jess Waggoner, Jennifer Bastian, Shaun Soman and Lindsay Welsch-Sveen. ... more

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