CHUCK JONSON - Balsams - CD

Chuck Johnson is a composer and musician residing in Oakland, CA. His 2017 album“Balsams” ended up on albums-of-the-year lists at UNCUT, Pitchfork, and NPR. Tak:til is releasing “Balsams” for the first time ever on CD – with two additional tracks. Chuck Johnson's pedal steel guitar debut delivers a group of pieces for ambient meditation. Recorded in a single two-week session during late 2015, and subsequently arranged/constructed/treated in the studio in the spring of 2016, Balsams is awash in layers of tonal perfection. The album constantly evolves while maintaining a unified approach across both sides. Balsams is a record that lives outside genre and time, one that continues to develop with each successive deep listen. A unique expansion in the VDSQ catalog, Balsams is an album created in the hopes of providing solace and regenerative energies for many years to come.