Having since moved out of Chicago earlier this year, a place in which the beloved and defined community was considered home for quite some time, Elijah Berlow has recently set off to write the next chapter in his life. Today, the now Vermont-based songsmith and multi-instrumentalist returns with his newest single, “Harvest Fields”, the first release since his 2022 EP, Put Out Fires. With a rich and thorough musical upbringing, learning the traditions of Americana music and literature, Berlow’s music is reflective of his life’s journey, both acknowledging the stories of how far he has come, and not forgetting where he has left to go. 

With rolling instrumentation, “Harvest Fields” plays from the roots of a feel-good folk groove, both sincere and eager, as guitars swirl with heart and melody, a piano voices its gratification and percussion leads with full hearted faith to the unknown ahead. Following an ecstatic guitar solo, Berlow sings with gracious deliverance, “And we scraped up our knees / And we ran us around / Said that nothing can get better / Unless it can be found” – full of bewilderment and study, the understanding of both time and maturation as life continues on. Soon, Berlow and co. round the corner, elated trumpets soar before dropping out, the melody of a guitar, sparingly and lone, plays to the open sky – cherishing the newfound clarity that Berlow has to offer. 

About the song, Berlow shares, “this song encapsulates the effort of betterment, the bereavement of not being witnessed within ones full capacity, steeped in naturalistic metaphor yet also a dialogue between a course of action, wild yearning and one’s own obscure place within the repeated seasonal cycles.” 

“Harvest Fields” is accompanied by a music video shot and edited by Esteban Alarcon. Watch here.

Written by Shea Roney