Sounds | Steve Von Till - The Corpse Road

Cello's, horns... en dan die diepe, donkere stem van Steve Von Till, die hier opnieuw zeer verhalend tewerk gaat. De man weet goed dat zijn stem wat zang betreft beperkingen heeft, maar weet verdorie goed hoe hiermee om te gaan. Je voelt zo het verdriet over het verbreken van de verbinding tussen mensen en de rest van de natuur om ons heen. Neem daarbij nog de video van meester Josh Graham (de man staat dit najaar met zijn nieuwe band Guiltless op Desertfest!) en de emoties komen extra sterk binnen.

Alone In A World Of Wounds verschijnt op 16 mei 2025 via Neurot Recordings.

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"If only I could dig for spirit," he sings. "Broken shards might shed some light/On the depths of our time and our place within it/Would I find our own kind an empty vessel... To dream it all again without losing our heads".

"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"

© Bobby Cochran