The Breakers

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June 3rd, 2022

 
 

  • Opalescent Mother
    Cradled by the Sea
    I was not a pearl but a
    Grain of sand you carried

    Was to be a son
    A brother and a man
    Layers of accretion I don’t understand

    Some could not abide this
    I could not remain
    And so I go into the land I am a stranger

    All my doors are open
    Swallowed by the sound
    Two thousand feet above the breakers
    I am climbing down

    Take the spoon in hand and
    Hollow out the womb
    Love was not forbidden but the
    Sweetest fruit

    Wrest me from the garden
    Sword at back ablaze
    Heat was rippling off the pavement
    Came in waves and waves

    Humming hallelujah
    Naked to my name
    Folding all my temporal parts
    I am remade

    All my doors are open
    Swallowed by the sound
    Two thousand feet above the breakers
    I am climbing
    Two thousand feet above the breakers
    I am climbing
    Two thousand feet above the breakers
    I am climbing down

MIGHTY BROTHER presents, in partnership with TRANS JOY PROJECT, "THE BREAKERS" a collaborative music video featuring ICON EBONY-FIERCE, LEA KOOKZ, AMOS, ROWAN K CHING, STEPHANIE W, and SWAN FLAMBÉ sharing personal expressions of TRANS JOY.

Audio: The Breakers by Mighty Brother (June 2022)

Edited by Robyn Bonacci & Ari Kirkman
All videos used with permission from performers
VHS blue screen video thanks to Global Door (CC)

Meet the Collaborators

Click each picture to learn more about their contribution to the Trans Joy Project.

“The Breakers compels you to feel something deep in this musical moment, it’s a song to hold hands and reflect on generations of gender traps with the hope of a new dawn in gender identity. ”
— The Wild Is Calling

Video STORIEs from our Collaborators

 
 

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"The Breakers" bookends Mighty Brother's upcoming concept album Azimuth which transports the classic story of the hero myth into the modern day. Written beneath the pall of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the album deals with concepts of loss, normalcy, and rebirth. In "The Breakers," founding member Ari Kirkman explores their lived experience as a non-binary/trans-identifying person confronting questions of gender, love, and authenticity. The accompanying music video was produced by an all trans and NB-identified team living in Philadelphia, PA, each sharing a visual expression of trans joy.