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"Black Hole" is a song which has been in development for quite some time. Not just as yet another dark track with slightly gloomy lyrics, but in fact as a reflection on some heavy personal experiences.

The central theme of these particular lyrics weigh direct concern on the fragility of mental health, alongside other related issues such as trauma, anxiety, depression and addiction.

Vocalists Ingunn Holmen and Mark Steiner first discovered each other during the pandemic, and have since then established this particular musical side project as a new shared venture to escape darker times from the past.

The music for the composition first originated in 2020 when Mark was developing new songs in the studio with his band Mark Steiner & His Problems (including drummer Ted Parsons, bassist Leon Muraglia and guitarist Romek Paluch-Edwards), and although the title itself quickly fell into place, another significant catalyst was required to allow the words to take seed and grow. It was then that Ingunn Holmen and her personal history came into the picture.

This new alternative “stripped down” interpretation of the song was made in direct evolution following the original full band version, which will be released separately in late 2023 as part of the new album bearing the same title, “Black Hole,” by Mark Steiner & His Problems.

Ingunn and Mark have so far played this song live in Reykjavik, New York, Berlin, Athens and Oslo together with violinist Pavel Cingl (ex-Snake Eaters, ex-Phil Shoenfelt Southern Cross, Lorraine Leckie & Her Demons). The Czech musician has contributed to this song both live and on both recordings, and his skills have without a doubt lifted this single "Black Hole" to new heights.

lyrics

BLACK HOLE
(lyrics by Mark Steiner)

Where does your universe start and end?
Where does your past meet the present, and will it ever end?
Was it a tragedy when they tried to steal your soul
Was it mind over matter when they seized control

There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone

A strange calamity when they took you in
They pointed with their fingers like you committed a sin
Your gave your trust, they took away your freedom
Locked you up, left you to rot in that dark prison

There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone

Lost in a nebula, they left you for blind
Somehow you found the key and made it back outside
Like a comet you made your way back around
Your head up in the clouds, your feet down on the ground

There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Now you’ve won

©2022 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music

credits

released June 9, 2023
Ingunn Holmen - vocal
Mark Steiner - vocal, baritone guitar
Pavel Cingl - violin

Music by Steiner / Muraglia / Paluch-Edwards / Parsons.
Lyrics by Mark Steiner.
Lyric arrangement by Mark Steiner & Leon Muraglia.
Produced by Mark Steiner & Ingunn Holmen
Recorded & engineered by Mark Steiner at Stagger Home Studios, Oslo, winter 2023.
Mixed by Mark Steiner & Ingunn Holmen.
Mastered by Tony Becker at Blue Mountain Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Cover photo by Arne Valen ©2023 - used with permission
©2023 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music

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Mark Steiner & His Problems Oslo, Norway

Mark Steiner is a well-known figure in Oslo’s music underworld, and he’s been around in Norway for so long that many assume that he is Norwegian. He is not. This ex-New Yorker is a wandering scoundrel who one might find hanging out in the shadowy corners of a pub at closing time. A international musical vagrant who might walk the streets with Stuart Staples, Nick Cave, and Rowland S. Howard... ... more

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