Opening song From the New pH album, "From The Trees".

From The Trees is a music studio album recording by PETER HAMMILL (Eclectic Prog/Progressive Rock) released in 2017 on cd, lp, vinyl and/or cassette. From The Trees Fie 2017. Sort: Recent best-seller Results cached. PETER HAMMILL - FROM THE TREES (2017) CD Jewel Case+GIFT Van Der Graaf Generator.

From The Trees is the latest in a very long line of determinedly individualistic, some might say self-absorbed, Hammill solo albums. In common with much of PH’s modern-day output the album has a sparse, cottage-industry appeal. Occasional bursts of fierce, psychotic guitar evoke the spirit of punk-rock alter ego, Rikki Nadir. Otherwise it’s voice and piano and very little else. The intimacy is at times so intense it’s almost frightening. It is, to borrow the title of a VdGG song, ’eavy mate. There are some clever subplots too, Hammill being at the very top of his lyrical game.

Peter Hammill, the much-revered progressive rock luminary and co-founder of Van der Graaf Generator, will return with the new solo album From The Trees on 3 November. Once again I play and sing all the parts on the disc. The group reformed in 1975 and he continued to record both with them and as a solo artist. Hammill will play five solo dates in Japan in October followed by seven in Italy in November. He will then play at the IB Expo show in Halmstad, Sweden, on 25 November. No shows are currently planned for Van der Graaf Generator, but he notes: 2018 may be a different matter, without making any promises at this stage.

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR co-founder Peter Hammill will release solo album "From The Trees" on November 3, he’s announced. It’s his first release since 2014’s "All That Might Have Been" and featured ten tracks in which the characters who pave their fretful way through these songs are facing up to or edging in towards twilight. What's coming to them are moments of realisation rather than resignation

This is the 25th studio album by Peter Hammill, released on his Fie! label in 1998. There is a large variety in the compositions, ranging from the minimalism of the final song, "The Light Continent", to the rough, almost Nadir-like sound of "Always is Next", the complex "Unrehearsed" and the ballad "Since the Kids". Peter Hammill performed the song "Unrehearsed" live many times. Nightman" can be heard on the live-album Veracious (2006).

Peter Hammill - From The Trees. The strong 36th album. Whereas last year’s Do Not Disturb contained a generous helping of Van Der Graaf Generator’s cacophonous complexity, leader Peter Hammill’s 36th solo album acts as an emollient balm, albeit one with jagged stones lurking deep within. With prog being so generously accepted these days, there has never been a better time to be an admirer of Hammill; as he enters his third act, all his experiments with in-era technology are long behind him, and here, beautiful acoustic instrumentation envelopes his uneasy listening

Recorded By – Will Hitchings. Songwriter, Piano, Guitar, Vocals – Peter Hammill. Live album featuring tracks from 'From The Trees'. Track 1: Tolmezzo, Italy (15/11/17); Track 2: Roma, Italy (9/11/17); Track 3: Roma, Italy (9/11/17); Track 4: Terni, Italy (11/11/17); Track 5: Nuremburg, Germany (22/05/18); Track 6: Berlin, Germany (26/05/18); Track 7: Bristol, UK (29/04/18); Track 8: Dortmund, Germany (24/05/18); Track 9: Napoli, Italy (10/11/17)

Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948) is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer, he also plays guitar and piano. He also acts as a record producer for his own recordings and occasionally for other artists. In 2012, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards.