Steve Von Till, Six Organs of Admittance

**Steve Von Till** **Six Organs of Admittance** Physically enveloping and forebodingly beautiful, drawing on the animistic spirit of the natural world, Steve Von Till announces his seventh solo LP, arriving May 16 via Neurot Recordings. Ploughing a different furrow, \*Alone in a World of Wounds\* is an album of sweeping, gothic-tinged Americana, tripped-out drones, 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, it follows 2021’s \*No Wilderness Deep Enough\* in a more reflective, immersive direction. Opening up his voice in ways he hasn’t before, the album emerged through intuitive improvisations. “The complex overtones of upright piano and synthesisers really inspired me to sing out more, to seek out implied harmonies, and to find unique approaches within the limitations of my voice,” he says. “It is the transcendent nature of music—the cathartic 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, the sorrow of our separation from the natural world, and a reliance on gut-level intuition are central to Von Till’s creative process. The album was recorded primarily at his barn studio in Idaho and mixed at Circular