Episode 4: Valley Maker

Summary: <p>This week, we had the pleasure of chatting to Austin Crane, aka Valley Maker, all about his wonderful new album When The Day Leaves, as well as looking back at some of his older material. Austin bought Valley Maker to life in 2010 with a self-titled collection of songs written primarily for his undergraduate studies at the University of South Carolina, tracing existential questions and biblical origins. This was followed by the ethereal existentialism of 2015’s When I Was A Child, before signing to Syd Butler’s Frenchkiss Records for 2018’s Rhododendron, where prophetic and apocalyptic language shapes his lyrics, using metaphors of faith to explore and navigate the intersection of belief, time, place and the political present. This year’s When The Day Leaves picks up where his past material left off, feeling like 46 minutes of observations about ur tangled thicket of hope and fear, aspiration and exasperation - an uninterrupted sequence of reflections about the generational limbo of being both awed, and worried, by the world. </p><br><p>We deep dive into how the record came to be, following his move from Seattle to Columbia, and how this uprooting of his life seeped into his songwriting. We look at the relationship between his work as a songwriter, and his doctoral studies as a Human Geographer, and where the lines intersect, as well as looking deeply into his long-term creative partnership with Amy Godwin and the harmonies they create. There’s so much more behind the music of Valley Maker, so we truly hope you enjoy this one. Thank you firstly to Austin for taking the time to chat, and thank you to Amy at Prescription PR for setting it up. </p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>