STEVE VON TILL: No Wilderness Deep Enough and Harvestman - 23 Untitled Poems & Collected Lyrics OUT NOW
Steve Von Till's No Wilderness Deep Enough and Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics OUT NOW
"a brooding piece kept in motion by long drags of strings, around which simmer eerie synth drones, industrial percussion, gothic piano and Von Till’s booming voice.” - Rolling Stone
“meditative...a swirling, hypnotic mélange of ambient, neo-classical and gothic Americana” - Revolver
“explores ambient soundscapes, giving emphasis to the words and poeticism of his lyrics. The spiritual tug and introspection of his prior solo outings remains intact” - Consequence of Sound
“for all the enormity of its spacious meditations, they also offer us a chance to stretch out, take a breath, and even tap into untouched sources of strength before we head into the next storm.” - Chicago Reader
“Perfect to getting lost in... dark, spacious ambient arrangements anchored by solemn, soothing vocals” - Exclaim!
Today sees the release of Steve Von Till’s new solo album No Wilderness Deep Enough. The record’s six pieces of music shape a hallucinatory landscape of sound that plumbs the depths of the natural world's mysteries and uncertainties-questions that have vexed humanity since the dawn of time asked anew amidst a backdrop that's as haunting as it is holistic.
The album comes paired with Von Till’s debut book, Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics which offers a voice of existential wisdom and experience to provide comfort and perspective in an era of uncharted territory. View the book trailer here .
Von Till's charted an extraordinary musical path over the last several decades, from his main duties as singer and guitarist of the boundary-breaking Neurosis to the psychedelic music of his Harvestman project and the unique folk songs he's released under his own name. His fifth solo album, No Wilderness Deep Enough, came to fruition during jetlagged nights in his wife’s childhood home in Germany. It was further embellished with mellotron and electronic treatments in Von Till’s home studio in North Idaho. Viewing the emerging result as an ambient instrumental album, he consulted friend and engineer Randall Dunn (Marissa Nadler, Earth) about adding live cello and french horn and piano in a proper studio. After enlisting Brent Arnold on cello and Aaron Korn on french horn, he challenged Von Till to sing over the music and make it his next solo album.
Lyrically, No Wilderness Deep Enough touches on themes essential to living in the world around us, as well as co-existing with ourselves and others. "It's about personal longings and loss, and the loves and insecurities we all feel combined with meditations on humanity as a whole," Von Till explains while discussing his main artistic aims behind the album, as well as his poetic expressions captured in Harvestman. "I'm exploring the great disconnect: from the natural world, from each other, and ultimately from ourselves-trying to find meaning and depth in re-establishing those connections, to find a resonance in purpose and acknowledging the past while looking towards the future and still being in the moment."
No Wilderness Deep Enough Track Listing:
1 - Dreams of Trees
2 - The Old Straight Track
3 - Indifferent Eyes (Official Video)
4 - Trail the Silent Hours
6 - Wild Iron
Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics (Official Book Trailer)
by Steve Von Till
First printing: Limited hardback edition
Beautifully illustrated with linocuts by Mazatl
Published by Astrophil Press at the University of South Dakota
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