The Dead is obviously the foundation, though. There’s also drone music, free jazz stuff too. You can only take so much from that stuff though. We’re all just looking to do that sort of shit.Īre you into the early jam stuff? The Dead, those folks? Ryley Walker: Oh yeah. It’s a nice challenge musically to change things up. Some bands are like, “We jam!” But I’m like, “really jam?” It’s fun. Everyone comes from a background of improvising so we’re definitely not one of those bands that plays everything the same. We change the set list a lot, jam on everything. When you’re playing live do you stick to the recorded versions or do you vary them from night to night? Ryley Walker: Night to night it’s pretty different. That’s definitely something I was trying to get across. Yeah it sounds more like you than Primrose does, if that makes any sense. Has playing with them informed the writing process for your new record, Golden Sings that Have Been Sung? Ryley Walker: Oh hell yeah. Is it the same backing band this time around? Ryley Walker: I’ve kept mostly everybody in the fold, but it changes here and there. For the Primrose Green tour you were playing with a bunch of improv jazz players. For bigger cities you’ll do a full band but on smaller dates you’ll go solo? Ryley Walker: That sounds about right. The music changes with different musicians and different instrumentation. So sometimes it’s solo and sometimes it’ll be a five piece…It actually varies a lot, which I really like. If there’s no dough I can’t afford a band. Economics and time decide what’s going on. What does your live band look like? Ryley Walker: It all depends on economics. You’ve been touring throughout the summer. Where are you right now? Ryley Walker: At home in Chicago. How’s your day going so far? Ryley Walker: It’s going real well. Ryley Walker’s Golden Sings that Have been Sung is out Friday, August 19th, and is available for pre-order here. Golden Sings is Walker’s highest moment yet, and the 26 year old shows no signs of coming down any time soon. Walker’s always approached this terrain, but inexperience and a lack of confidence held prior releases back. But equally prevalent is a constant striving for the ornate not necessarily fluffed up, precious moments, but twists and turns of actual beauty. Gastr de Sol, Tortoise, Sea and Cake…Those Chicago bands loom large and Walker will be the first to admit it. The new record is equal parts ’90s experimental indie music and lush, nuanced orchestration. His 2014 Dead Oceans debut, Primrose Green was less focused, less sharp, less interested in the perceptive details that make Golden Sings such a joy. “Can I buy you a drink? But my credit is quite shit,” laments Ryley Walker on “The Roundabout.” It’s this moment-amongst many more on new album Golden Sings that Have been Sung-that establishes a new direction in Walker’s music.
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