Neurosis’ Steve Von Till releases new single and music video »The Corpse Road«; new solo album out May 16th via Neurot Recordings!

Steve Von Till (Neurosis, Tribes Of Neurot, Harvestman) has released new single and music video »The Corpse Road« taken from his upcoming solo album, »Alone In A World Of Wounds«, due out on May 16th, 2025 via Neurot Recordings.

Filmed and edited by Josh Graham.

Tracklist:
01. The Corpse Road 04:10
02. Watch Them Fade 04:13
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

Courtesy of Neurot Recordings:

Physically enveloping, forebodingly beautiful, and drawing on the animistic spirit of the natural world, Steve V on Till announces his seventh solo LP.

Ploughing a different furrow, »Alone In A World Of Wounds« is an album of sweeping gothic tinged Americana, tripped out drones, beautiful world weary vocal melodies and slowly unfurling cello arrangements. Initially inspired by the harmonic resonance of piano and synths and his long standing love of ambient music, »Alone In A World Of Wounds« follows 2021’s »No Wilderness Deep Enough« in reflective ambience. Opening up his voice in ways he has never done before, the album’s genesis came via intuitive improvisations.

“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.” says Von Till.

“It is the transcendent nature of music, the cathartic healing process where I can leave everything behind and become one with sound. When you allow yourself to go beyond the ordinary you might be fortunate enough to find a moment where you are creating in alignment with the flow of the river of the universe.”

The search for deeper connection, living with the sorrow of our separation from the natural world, and relying on gut level intuition to get closer to the primal creative state are all key to Von Till’s creative process.

Recorded mostly at his barn studio at home in Idaho and mixed at Circular Ruin in Brooklyn, NY , with storied producer Randall Dunn (Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sunn O))), Earth, Jim Jarmusch), »Alone In A World Of Wounds« also boasts cover artwork from Spokane, WA based alternative process photographer Brian Deemy – who works with colloidal wet plate ‘tintype’ aesthetics, which compliment V on Till’s uniquely ancient yet grounded aesthetic, and one that perfectly matches his desire to reimagine the connection between the human and the more than human world.

“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.”

Pre-order »Alone In A World Of Wounds« here:
vontill.org/store | stevevontill.bandcamp.com

Produced and mixed by Randall Dunn at Circular Ruin, Brooklyn, New York.
Mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service, Chicago, Illinois.

Foundational tracks, vocals, synths, guitars, electronics and treatments recorded by SVT and Randall Dunn at The Crow’s Nest, Spirit Lake, Idaho.
Piano and additional vocals recorded by Scott Evans at Antisleep Audio, Oakland, California.
Cello and French horn arranged and recorded by Brent Arnold in Brooklyn, New York.

Line-up:
SVT – Voice, Synths
Brent Arnold – Cello
Randall Dunn – Synth
Eric Davis – French Horn

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well