Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics
Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics, a book of new poetry and the collected lyrics from the last 20 years of Von Till's solo career. The book is a rich text that showcases his deeply felt ruminations on the myriad beginnings and endings of life itself, offering another medium of which to experience his singular artistic perspective.
Harvestman -
23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics
by Steve Von Till
Von Till’s first published work of original poetry
together with his solo lyrics of the last 20 years.
First printing
Limited hardback edition
Beautifully illustrated with linocuts by Mazatl
Published by Astrophil Press
at the University of South Dakota
Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems
Spoken Word Album
In 2020 Steve Von Till published his first book of poetry, Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics. Published by the University of South Dakota’s Astrophil Press, the book established Von Till as a formidable and thoughtful author of verse—a fact that Neurosis fans knew all along, but the wider world was only just becoming aware of.
“There is a depth of hope, acceptance and loss that permeates these poems,” Joseph Haeger said in his review for The Inlander. “Like any great piece of art, Harvestman contains multitudes, and that’s exactly what I was hoping for when I cracked it open. Von Till has already established himself as a great musician, and he’s about to put his stake into the ground proving himself to be a damn good writer.”
For 2021, Von Till has reimagined Harvestman in a new format, delivering an intimate and captivating reading of the collection with sound enhancements. “Being a constant sound-seeker, I thought it would be more interesting to have some textures and treatments to break up the intimate voice recordings,” Von Till says of his decision to add some atmosphere to the spoken-word version of Harvestman. “The background sounds used on some of the tracks were pieces related to No Wilderness Deep Enough that were either not used or repurposed to interweave further connections between my artistic output at this time of my life.”