new album || coming 2020

“I’VE GOT A DECENT HEART,
I’VE GOT A FEW BAD HABITS,
USUALLY COME DOWN HARD,
BUT WHEN I FLY IT’S MAGIC…”

— What's Killing Me || Levee

Heartbreakingly honest observations by Van Darien from her upcoming album, Levee. The 10-song LP, colored by moody baritone guitars, swelling pedal steel, thick booming drums, and haunting vocals, beckons a dreamscape of both beauty and darkness.

Van Darien dives deep into her roots and surfaces with empathized portraits of the characters who have shaped her journey. Ranging in metaphor from the fluidity of water to the sturdiness of steel, Levee is a tapestry of deeply human experiences that have been woven together with a combination of heavy emotion and electric tranquility.

MUSIC VIDEO || TWISTED METAL

VISUALS || PROMO

IMPRESSIONS || INDUSTRY

“uses country music as a jumping-off point for a broader, bolder sound…Americana atmospherics with overdriven guitar and throaty hooks fit for pop royalty.”

ROLLING STONE COUNTRY

"The Driving grinding groove of the track lends to its dangerous subject, with Van Darien’s cutting vocals Searing with intensity. Its cinematic video is a perfect depiction of thes race to destruction."

PARADE MAGAZINE

“Poetic…possesses a restrained power that is reminiscent of great artists like Mellisa Etheridge.”

AMERICAN SONGWRITER

“This Texas-to-Tennessee transplant is essentially an introspective folk-flavored troubadour with a healthy dose of deep soul. Start your welcome-to-Nashville applause right now, because this is one of the most promising debut discs I’ve heard this year.”

ROBERT K. OERMANN || MUSIC ROW MAGAZINE

“Fantastic… incredibly catchy.”

YORK CALLING

“Thoroughly folk and expressive… deeply personal… really powerful.”

EAR TO THE GROUND

“SpeCtacular… has all the elements of a true masterpiece.”

LEFUTUREWAVE

“Heady and hard-hitting”

THE AUTUMN ROSES

“VAN DARIEN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGWRITERS.
HER SONGS CUT STRAIGHT TO THE BONE
DEPTH AND PURITY, IT’S A DANGEROUS COMBINATION.”

SHAYNE HOLLINGER || MUSIC DIRECTOR
KFWR 95.9 “THE RANCH” (DALLAS/FORT WORTH)

“From the wide-open vistas of Gone,
to boots on the ground tracks like American Steel,
Levee paints with layers of sound
as Van Darien leads you through
a dream-like twilight landscape.”

ED JURDI || BAND OF HEATHENS

“If Springsteen and everything I love about Sheryl Crow
had a love child with the production of
a My Morning Jacket record,
that’s what I hear.”

PAUL CAUTHEN || ARTIST

levee || TRACKS