![]() Below, revisit the soon-to-be Primrose Green track "Summer Dress" from Ryley's last visit to KEXP in 2014. If he announces plans to return west of the Ohio river, that news will be on his Facebook and Twitter. Ryler Walker is on tour throughout the Spring in the American South and Midwest. Named for a cocktail that Walker and his friends invented (whiskey and morning glory seeds), "Primrose Green" couldn't be more aptly named: it's vibrant and entrancing in its ability to make its intricate parts look naturally flowing. With backing from a group of Chicago jazz musicians, the song unwinds at a leisurely pace, carried loosely by the musicians' dazzling chemistry. A breezy and crisply-performed tune, "Primrose Green" shows Walker sharpening the talents that he displayed on All Kinds of You. His first full length, All Kinds of You, was released in 2014, and its followup arrived less than a year later in the form of Primrose Green. After a pair of cassette releases established Walker's presence, he injured himself in a bike accident, which forced him to focus full time on playing shows and writing songs. After membership in a series of groups that played "shitty punk music" (his words), Walker eventually became more interested in acoustic-based songwriting, and began playing small club shows in Chicago rather than in the basements he once occupied. Born in Rockford, Illinois, Walker became fascinated with the guitar in his adolescence, dabbling in acoustic playing but finding more camaraderie in chunky power chords and distortion when he left home for Chicago. Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “Primrose Green” by Ryley Walker from the 2015 album Primrose Green on Dead Oceans.Īfter cutting his teeth in a series of bands in Chicago's long and storied noise rock scene, Ryley Walker traded his drive pedals for a modest acoustic guitar and found himself heading in a new artistic direction. ![]() This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Algunas reseñas han sido crueles con Golden Sings That Have Been Sung (Dead Oceans 2016), seguramente debido a las altísimas expectativas creadas por el anterior Primrose Green, donde Ryley Walker hacía magia con sonidos olvidados del folk británico, tanto en tramos bucólicos como buscando la tensión. But taken purely as a sonic bucolic experience, Primrose Green does transport to the fresh fields and sweet atmosphere of Walker’s mind.Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The fragmented lyrics (and arty double-exposed LP cover) that attempt to harken back to that time, while succeeding with the sense of dazed dreaminess, don’t quite completely connect with listeners on an intimate level. There’s earnestness in Walker’s warble, exemplified in “Summer Dress” and “Sweet Satisfaction.” His influences of Americana, blues, jazz, and Celtic folk are fused together, creating dynamic and frenetic pieces throughout the album, but Walker’s heavy reliance on the charm and cadence of whimsical folk-rock troubadours from the late ’60s is obvious, and a bit disconcerting. The intricate fingerpicking that made his 2014 debut All Kinds of You a memorable listen drives the sparkling melodies and lush soundscapes on Primrose Green. Every track on singer-songwriter Ryley Walker’s sophomore LP evokes a vivid setting of pristine pastoral beauty.
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