NEW ALBUM HEALING DESCENT OUT SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
“Poetic and elemental. Van is in his nature boy era and I am here for it! After the changes and stresses we’ve all been through collectively over the last few years, this record feels like meditation…” Ella Hooper
“Van Walker’s songs are like messages from an unearthly time: beyond our modern tropes. I wanna live in that time.” Tim Rogers
August 20, 2024: Van Walker is a prolific and celebrated Tasmanian songwriter in the genres of folk, country and rock, a ‘cult figure’ in his adopted home of Victoria, with a vast catalogue of poetic lyric-driven material that explore a range of personal and social themes.
Winter’s Last Words is the first single taken from Van’s forthcoming album Healing Descent. It’s a much needed knees-up celebrating the thaw after surviving the descent. Whatever the lessons learnt during that long, frozen hardship, now it’s time to move forward and ‘don’t look back’. Inspired by the quote: “The strongest storms produce the best sailors,” often only in hardship do we find the wherewithal to rise to the occasion. Canadian studio owner and musical mensch Carl Jennings bass and backing vocals bring the sunshine to this track (and a little nod to Sly & The Family Stone).
The album was recorded in just four days during a break on a Canadian tour last year, Van took the opportunity to team up again with mate and multi-instrumentalist Chris Altmann to produce Healing Descent, due out on Cheersquad Records & Tapes on September 27, 2024.
Stay tuned for soon-to-be-announced news of Van’s upcoming album shows.
Watch the accompanying video for single Winter’s Last Song below.
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