![]() ![]() Gone is the overall dark tone that surrounded Deafman Glance and in its place the guitar strums bring enlightenment and exciting anticipation for what is next. Not only is he producing high level output but you can hear the healing on every track. Clearly, we can all celebrate that Walker is still with us. When you add in the excellent guitar work from the talented Bill MacKay, drumming of Ryan Jewell and producer/engineer John McEntire (Tortoise, the Sea and Cake) this record is as technically sound as you could want.Ī new look on life can always be the catalyst for something special. It is a seamless transition in the song that is effortless and confident which sums up most of the album. “Clad With Bunk” is one of my favorite songs as it has such a smooth and polite open but then its last two minutes changes the tempo and rocks out. This time around, hes doing it DIY-style, putting Course In Fable out on his own Husky Pants imprint. ![]() The opening “Striking Down Your Big Premiere” has so many excellent twists and turns with Walker’s confident vocals steering the song. 2 Fonda On The Rise Tanglewood Spaces Protection Each record. ![]() 1 Great River Road Clear The Sky Twin Oaks Pt. He has a couple tracks here that push by the 7 minute mark which give plenty of canvas to work but the 5 minute runtime is his sweet spot for songs on Course In Fable. Track List The West Wind Blessings Twin Oaks Pt. The result is a poised and accomplished debut album, recorded in Chicago by Cooper Crain (guitarist/keyboardist in Cave). Course In Fable is a record that successfully takes what has made Walker the artist he is today and uses those experiences to create an album that is one of his best to date. Walker comes off here masterful at his trade as he shows off his guitar skills with song arrangements that are artful, prog like, psychedelic and back to the basics from his earlier years. Walker’s fifth solo album Course In Fable could take us anywhere but now with a new appreciation and look on life this album actually feels like a natural progression right down to the cover art. That is a very eclectic tour especially when you consider that his 2015 album, Primrose Green, was mostly built around a 70’s folk singer/songwriter sound. 1, Great River Road, Clear the Sky, Twin Oaks, Pt. Musically, he released a cover record of Dave Matthews Band’s The Lillywhite Sessions in 2018, had another instrumental record with jazz musician Charles Rumback in 2019 called Little Common Twist and then released the excellent jam record with Kikagaku Moyo earlier this year in Deep Fried Grandeur. All Kinds Of You performed by Ryley Walker is available in both: lossy (320kbps MP3) and lossless (FLAC) quality Full album: 9 tracks: The West Wind, Blessings, Twin Oaks, Pt. Ryley Walker has walked an interesting musical path since his last solo release of Deafman Glance in 2018 but more importantly he is celebrating a new beginning of sorts in 2021 with sobriety after a long time of addiction and a suicide attempt in 2019. ![]()
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