Album #4 is on its way – but before we get to A Few Tears Of Eros, here comes single #1, and The Farm is an enticing taster of what Iowan singer/songwriter Trevor Sensor has in store for us.
Release Date: 2nd May 2025
Label: High Black Desert Music
Format: Digital
A FEW TEARS OF EROS
Iowan singer/songwriter Trevor Sensor is currently hard at work readying his fourth album, A Few Tears Of Eros for its August release and, to satisfy those of us who have already had our interest piqued by that news, he’s let a first taster of the album slip the net. And The Farm, a rich chunk of bluesy rock, paints an enticing prospect of what Trevor has in store.
Trevor’s described A Few Tears Of Eros as: “…an exploration of modern love in a dejected and atomized world. A lot of the material deals with the in-between” Elaborating upon that summary, Trevor adds: “We’ve lost patience for just about everything, including love. A lot of songs I hear deal with beginnings or aftermaths of romance, but hardly what happens in between… what lurks beneath the surface of ‘happily-ever-after’ is what interests me.” All that I can add at this moment is that, having heard The Farm, A Few Tears Of Eros is right up there on my list of ‘must hear’ albums – watch this space for more news…
THE FARM
Speaking of how The Farm came about, Trevor says: “The song came to me while I was working in a field. It was mid-summer, the sun was hot and I’d been digging holes since morning. I looked around and thought: ‘How’d I end up working on the farm?’ I’d probably made a couple of wrong turns way back when to end up here – following my dream too blindly. Nevertheless, here I was, and still am. “
“The video is the result of my poverty,” he continues. “My longtime friend, Ryan Ohm, filmed me in my corner and the desolation that surrounds it. This is not an homage to the past but rather an acknowledgement to the meanness of plebian existence. The only nourishment here is for the spirit – hope is a novel concept. One time, when I was out of work, I went to a temp agency tucked in a dilapidated strip mall. I told the man there my story and after I’d finished, he said: ‘Well, we’ll see what we can do. We’re not really used to people with dreams around here.’ I think that about sums it up.”
INSTANT HOOK
There’s an instant hook to The Farm, as clangy guitar takes centre-stage and a tight band lays a solid foundation. There are even a few strings in evidence, if you’re willing to listen closely enough. Trevor’s voice has a cynical – nasally Lennon – tone that matches the subject matter and the mid-song guitar solo soars skywards. Ryan Ohm’s scenes of rural-industrial decay in the accompanying video seal the deal for anyone who’s failed to get the message at the first time of asking.
Ther Farm is an enticing taster of things to come. Bring on A Few Tears Of Eros!
Watch that Ryan Ohm video to The Farm below:
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