Sleepy folk Americana expressed through haunting melodies, dreamy synthesizers, lush vocal harmonies, insightful songwriting and unique arrangements. This is a sincere and hopeful album of pretty, sad songs.

Steer the Stars, the newest project by multi-instrumentalist Eric Jonasson (formerly of Gram Rabbit) is truly DIY. Jonasson composed, performed, recorded, and mixed the project in solitude in a haunted house (honestly!) set back in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Well, almost complete solitude, there were trips into town for supplies, and occasionally, the late night hours were burnt away beneath taxidermy heads and snake skin’s in a dimly lit dive bar, belly up alongside lifetime drinkers with a gift for storytelling.

“For this recording, I released the idea of an audience. I wasn’t writing with or for anyone and that freed me up creatively to go in any direction as you can tell by the diversity on the record.”

Merging elements of rock, electronic, folk and Americana, Light Life Sleep and the Sea has a very lush, organic sound that would be expected from a collaborative effort. Despite an ever-changing sonic landscape, it could easily be considered a concept album - a reflection of contemporary life, inspired by death, rebirth and conscious awakening.