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Today, LA-by-way-of-NYC psych-rocker Vanderwolf is back with a fiery new LP titled The Great Bewilderment (due 3/29). The expansive lead single titled, “Sweep Away The Shards”, is tinged with R&B and prog rock, bouncing gently upon a bed of swaying synthesizers as Vanderwolf puts his vocal range on full display.
“Most of us have known someone who lived in an enlightened or ethereal state, their feet barely touching the ground.” Said Vanderwolf about the single, “While someone so tenuously connected to day-to-day practicalities can be enchanting or inspirational, it can also be very frightening when we witness them go tragically adrift. ‘Sweep Away the Shards’ is the story of a beautiful friend who became increasingly untethered to the world we both knew — and my inability to hold on to her.”
Describing the record on the whole, Vanderwolf said, “The Great Bewilderment is a complexly layered reflection of my recent years courting chaos and rootlessness, arriving, leaving, settling and unsettling. It’s a collection of interweaving hello’s and goodbye’s. It’s about leaving certain things behind and, conversely, claiming those things that can be known in the here and now. It’s about coming to terms with a sense of place — after a long period of exile and some self-imposed restlessness. Finally, it is about what can be known. And what can be appreciated as truly valuable in this world despite the bewildering context of war and mass extinction.”
