![]() ![]() ![]() Von Till‘s trademark nicotine and whiskey ravaged burr completely compliments these songs. Von Till has put the guitar to one side in favour of an electronic aesthetic which has been the focal point of his Harvestman project.Įven so, he adopts a luscious minimalism here and with the help of producer and engineer supreme, Randall Dunn ( Marissa Nadler, Sunn O))), Algiers et al), whom Von Till has previously worked with, additional light strings, pianos and French horns add a fundamental dimension to these songs, sprinkling over each track like ash from an iron-grey sky. Where A Life Unto Itself was a record cloaked in desolation, Von Till has excavated even deeper with these narratives in something that can be placed in a similar stratosphere to the recent works of Nick Cave and Bad Seeds and Mount Eerie. In conjunction with this release, he also returns with his follow-up to A Life Unto Itself in No Wilderness Deep Enough. Secret Machines: Awake in the Brain Chamber – “Paranoid snapshots make way for something truly candid”įive years on and Von Till not only releases his first published book of poetry and lyrics, Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics. He’s made several solid records, perhaps none better than 2015’s, A Life Unto Itself. Von Till himself along with his trusty guitar. It’s Von Till’s body of work away from Neurosis that both surprises and pleases in equal measure.įirstly, there’s his Harvestman project a primary focus on ambience and experimental composition, slightly influenced by the latter half of the Neurosis discography. Many would claim Neurosis to be the pioneers of the progressive metal genre and, all told, it’s a difficult point to argue. For those who like their sounds hard, heavy, and progressive, Steve Von Till is a household name. ![]()
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