I discovered this guy in this thread and I absolutely can't stop listening. I agree with whoever said that this guy needs his own thread. Laughter's An Asshole / Lion Land is seriously becoming an early top ten contender for me. Listen to "Save Your Love For Me", "Plenty of Water For Mud", "Smile For Me", "Heaven's With You Tonight", and tell me you're not blown away.

http://voodooeros.com/listen/ve005/ve005.html
http://hypem.com/search/quinn+walker/1/
http://www.myspace.com/quinnwalker

Yeah. I need to hear the entire record but I love Baby Neon (Ariel Pink anyone?) and Plenty of Water for Mud

right here! that was me... so weird that you started this thread today, i just walked in the door thinking, "fuck it, i'm starting a god damn thread about Quinn Walker."

this guy is incredible. home-spun, twisted genius of a record. 2 records actually.

RIYL any combination of the following: NEIL YOUNG, FROG EYES, DAVID BOWIE, AKRON/FAMILY, old FLAMING LIPS, COCOROSIE, DAVID BAKER era MERCURY REV, ARIEL PINK, SPARKLEHORSE, THE BAND, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, TINY TIM, JACK LOGAN, RED RED MEAT, VELVET UNDERGROUND, B.A.L.L., BOB DYLAN, DEVENDRA BARNHARDT, SKIP SPENCE, WOODEN WAND, BONGWATER, MICROPHONES, ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICN FOLK MUSIC, LSD, crazy people, or beauty...

QUINN WALKER - Plenty of Water For Mud
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QUINN WALKER - Save Your Love For Me
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QUINN WALKER - Smile for Me
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I get a huge Low-era David Bowie feel with "Save Your Love For Me". During the falsetto at around 1:00 I wanted to start singing "Blue, blue, electric blue, that's the color of my room". and that electronic breakdown at 1:56 kills me.

he writes the kinds of melodies/songs that sound like you've heard them before, like they have always been there inside your own head, he is just helping you get them out.

that's it? nobody else is into these tunes?!

strange...

This stuff is great. I wish I could track down his album(s) somewhere on the interweb. He's just so weirdly sweet.

you can download the full album at emusic:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Quinn-Walker-L...d/11148993.html

i'm upping these records as we speak...

Laughter's An Asshole



Lion Land

i'm going to keep bumping this thread until the SOMB learns...

for what it's worth... Laughter's An Asshole > Lion Land

but nobody cares anyway, so i'll just let this thread drift on down the board, i've done all i can do at this point... you'll see, Sombies, you'll see... you'll be back here...

Thanks for the ups!

Will listen later today. I want to learn...

So, "Save Your Love For Me." David Bowie + 1980s Pink Floyd + Bee Gees + Fiery Furnaces?

thank you, simakos, for upping this...so far i've listened only to laughter's an asshole, but it's a strong piece of work, beautiful and compelling. on first listen, smile for me and i know how to be alone stood out especially. i'm d/ling the other now, good shit.

SAVE YOUR BODY
SAVE YOUR MIND
SHAVE YOUR BODY
SAVE YOUR MIND

So my brain wasn't just playing tricks on me? Awesome.

well, i'm not so sure... it seems like he's saying "save" throughout the whole tune, but then during the fade out at the end, i swear i can hear him (or at least want to hear him) saying "shave" a few times...

Right, it's just once or twice near the end.

So I'm enjoying Laughter's an Asshole. I really like "Smile for Me." It reminds me of More/Atom Heart Mother pastoral Floyd, or late-era Beatles, of course.

great, here comes Monty...

I keep singing along to the falsetto vocalizations right before the guitar solo. Uncanny.

just bumping this for the 9 to 5 crowd...

i've been listening to these records all weekend and i'm really blown away. i've had them on in the background while working on school stuff, i've done the headphones thing (unreal), and spun them in the car... just kind of falling hard for them right now.

grab 'em and dig in, there's a lot to listen to.

Thanks for the up Simakos. I can't wait to listen. I love it when I get all hyped up on something.



Fuck. Why must I waaaait.

i listened to one of these songs

it was good. not great, but good.

it really reminded me of early-era Flaming Lips. all psychedelic and stuff.


maybe i should download the rest of this. is it really that good, simakos? is a lot of it in that vein?

Just listened to Laughter's an Asshole, really fun to listen to. I love the melodies on just about every song. It sort of reminds me of a weirder Akron/Family. Don't have any favorites yet, other than Smile For Me, but I feel that's a given.

On to Lion Land.

Ok, after listening to Lion Land, I must say I'm more fond of "Laughter's An Asshole." It's strange though, I have a hard time deciding what some of my favorites are. I just like listening to the whole thing through.

That being said, "By the Riverbank" and "Warm in the Sun-Worn in the Sun" off Lion Land are pretty terrific.

I have a feeling a lot of drugs went into writing these records.

I thought this stuff would be right up my ally but I'm not getting so super into it. It seems to be a case of the "trying too hards" in the silly department. It might just be the initial weirdness of it but right now I'm not as into it as simian and co.

There definitely are a lot of weird jitters you have to get out of your system before you can enjoy it.

I don't know if that's the case though because most of my favorite music is wierder (by my own opinion). I think it doesn't commit to being wierd enough or is too weird for the underlying music. maybe it has nothing to do with any of this and I just don't like it as much as other people. I'll give it some time and see.

well, i'm nuts about it. there is a little old-school Lips running through these two records, yes, but i wouldn't name them as a huge influence. what i'm reminded of most, as far as scope and variety of songs is Jack Logan's Bulk. anybody remember that guy? and maybe older Mercury Rev...

i think i decided today that i like Lion Land better... (edit: no way! i'm spinning Laughter's an Asshole now)

here's my latest favorite tune:

"Rita Lolita"
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it starts out slow and creepy, singing about "Rita Lolita... being as soft as a porcupine" and then turns into this amazing twisted Beatles stomp, slips back into creepy mellow land again and then floats away in this light and airy ethnic waltz thing.

this guy is genius.

Quinn Walker's albums are incredible... I have been listening for some time now. One thing I have noticed is there are a few people who start listening to it and can't stop. Then there is the vast majority that doesn't get it, think its too weird, or trying to be weird, or that it just sounds crappy... I think its some of the most unique refreshing sounds being recorded at the present.

If you like Laughter's an Asshole / Lion Land ... Get your hands on "See you in your Ears". If you google it you can find downloads.
Also "All day Midnight"... These were the pair of albums recorded after "Laughter/LionLand"...

Also there is a really good radio performance / interview that you can listen to online. Just search for Spinning on the Air.

but seriously... listen to "See you in your Ears", it's glorious!

thanks for the head's up, Magpi!

by the way, the only thing i can find online are torrents and i don't do torrents. any chance of you uploading some stuff somewhere?

I might be able to do something later,
but I am almost positive there was a direct download for it. Look carefully and I think you will find it.

Downloading right now.

http://www.directfileaccess.com/fileaccess...h=I%20See%20You

See you in your Ears

what's the deal with that site?

Oops, bad day to finally tackle Lion Land and be greeted with "MURDER ALL THOSE DESERVING TO DIE."

looks like you can register and download the album?
If that doesn't work and you have a simple way for me to pass it on I'll do it...

Yes, I admit I often skip that one. Sometimes it's just great though, especially when it transitions into "Save Your Love for Me"

http://www.divshare.com/

thanks!

i finally got around to d'lling this (and not just being semi-bored on his myspace page) and i'm kinda really enjoying this. the fact that the piano on save your love for me sounds like "faster hammers" layered over 80's bowie is far from a bad thing.

the stuff i've read about this walker dude makes me dislike him intensely, but if you're gonna steal, you might as well steal well.

He doesn't write about himself. Don't let that get to you. He just sits in his bedroom and records this shit.

See you in your Ears http://www.divshare.com/download/3792746-a04

that's the kind of stuff i don't like about him. there are millions of bedrooms on this planet. there's a reason he 'just sits in his bedroom' in brooklyn. it feels forced and cultivated. not a comment on the music, more on the persona. sounds like just another rich kid slumming.

Umm... songs are recorded in rooms. Rich kids would probably do their slumming in a studio of sorts. Please feel free to go ahead and make assumptions. I am fine with that affecting your reaction to music, or a musician. I personally find Quinn Walker's music to be very pure, the antithesis of cultivated. Maybe that's more apparent if you have access to more of his work.

tomatofaced, zip it.


thanks a bunch, Magpi! welcome to the board. you rule...

Thanks Simakos. I'm happy to spread this music around. It's too good to not be heard! Let me know what you think of it.