Steve Von Till of Neurosis, etc. fame will be putting out his new album “Alone In A World Of Wounds” on May 16th via Neurot Recordings. “Watch Them Fade” has surfaced online as the lead single with a video for it available below. A press release describes the album as, ‘a collection of sweeping gothic tinged Americana, tripped out drones, beautiful world weary vocal melodies and slowly unfurling cello arrangements.’
Von Till himself added:
“The complex overtones of upright piano and synthesisers really inspired me to sing out more, to seek out the implied harmonies, and to find unique approaches within the limitations of my voice.”
Von Till, who has had a 24-year tenure as an elementary school teacher, took inspiration for the album title from a quote from ecologist and conservationist Adlo Leopold‘s 1949 book A Sand County Almanac. Recording sessions for the record primarily took place at Von Till‘s own barn studio with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, etc.). Von Till‘s own connection with nature played heavily into inspiring the album’s themes, as he relayed:
“I often wonder where the psychological break was that caused the fatal delusion that we have dominion over the natural world, how it is reduced to existing solely for our benefit. Whenever that disconnect was – I believe it to be the root of most of our problems as a society, in relationships, and even within ourselves and our own minds.
It always comes back to the fact that we must have a conscious shift back to understanding that we’re all part of a living animate earth: and that we need to think of the rivers and the mountains and the weather as part of us and us as part of the world. We are wild things but we’ve forgotten. Without this shift in consciousness we’re screwed. That’s the overarching theme. And when I look back on my life it’s becoming more explicit and more clear that this is always what I’ve been singing about.”
“Alone In A World Of Wounds” track listing:
01 – “The Corpse Road”
02 – “Watch Them Fade”
03 – “Horizons Undone”
04 – “Distance”
05 – “Calling Down The Darkness”
06 – “The Dawning Of The Day (Insomnia)”
07 – “Old Bent Pine”
08 – “River Of No Return”
You can snag pre-orders via vontill.org/store.
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05/30-06/01 Toronto, ON – Prepare The Ground Festival
07/25-27 Blackfeet Nation, MT – Fire In The Mountains Festival
