Hidden Vagenda

Folk · 2004 · 16 tracks

Hidden Vagenda

Stripped-back acoustic songs that pair nursery-rhyme simplicity with harrowing emotional honesty. A lo-fi document of grief, survival, and unexpected joy.

September 28, 2004 · Great Crap Factory

A fragile but resilient balance of deep mourning and playful survival.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks

01

It’s Been Raining

3:04

02

Fire

3:20

03

Viva la Persistence

3:47

04

Lullaby for the Taken

3:46

05

I Will Never Forget

5:19

06

Singing Machine

3:48

07

Moving On

3:08

08

Blue Like Nevermind

3:03

09

My Heroes

3:13

10

Parade

3:58

11

5 Years

3:03

12

Anthrax (powerballad version)

5:45

13

You Love Me

2:39

14

Angels and Seagulls

3:06

15

France

3:47

16

Loose Lips

2:19

Moments Worth Listening For

the devastatingly simple metaphor of an ark inside a body on track 1

the shift from harrowing trauma to defiant survival in the chorus of Moving On

the communal, celebratory energy of the closing track Loose Lips

Reviews

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Where This Album Departs

How does Hidden Vagenda sound next to the rest of Kimya Dawson's catalogue?

Grief+2.8σ

The writing leans far further into grief than the rest of the catalogue.

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