After 2022’s head-turning Innate Passage, Nick DiSalvo was burnt out; he needed to fly from Elder’s nest to explore new worlds. Now, back in the driving seat of the psych rock heavyweights once more, he’s putting himself – and his place in the world – under the magnifying glass with stunning new album Through Zero.
When Elder’s chief songwriter Nick DiSalvo turned his life upside down by swapping Boston for Berlin, the band also went through monumental change. They’ve always immersed themselves in longform songs, where ideas develop at their own pace. But from 2015’s Lore onwards – the first record penned since DiSalvo’s move – they were reborn as 21st-century prog rock pioneers, flying the flag for 70s prog while also giving it a stoner rock spin.
