"Talking to Mountains" by Scott Ballew

Vinyl reissued by popular demand with exclusive double-sided lyric poster >>

The first full-length album from Scott Ballew, now repressed and rereleased. Relive the future hits and past failures. Get your copy of “Talking to Mountains” available now, again! 

“Talking to Mountains captures the charm of solitude with its cinematic lo-fi and emphasis on conversation with Texas nature.” – Jack Anderson, KUTX 98.9 @kutx , April 2021

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Repressed 2025.

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Ballew’s perspective is refreshing, a consequence of experience and exposure to people who excel in their fields. After an introduction to Terry Allen by mutual friend Ryan Bingham, Ballew’s approach to art (and life) was drastically altered. Specifically, Allen’s daily morning ritual of creating something artistic, be it a sculpture, painting, poem, or a play. The drive wasn’t to manipulate something into potential commercial success but to create something personal. “[What Terry taught me is that] the audience is irrelevant. What’s important is that you wake up and you show up and you follow whatever it is that’s in your head or your heart.”