BIO: Based in South Brooklyn, guitarist Ben Van Bonn is known for hypnotic live performances and an unorthodox command of North American fingerstyle guitar.
Ben Van Bonn's second album, Further Than Thought, marks a departure from the layered maze of 2022's Myth of the Middle Rung. Gone are the lyrics, drums, and auxiliary instruments of his previous records, leaving behind nothing but exquisitely fingerpicked guitar compositions. Van Bonn nods at Elizabeth Cotten's ingenious picking patterns and Robbie Basho's soaring visions of California, yet floats wordlessly into new territory. Accompanied by little more than electric bass, a mirage of glassy fingerpicking opens chutes into an aquatic world to reveal fountains of strange harmonies that are unreachable with traditional guitar techniques.