Ryley Walker (Jansch-style vocals, finger-picking folk guitar with double bass and violins grooves)

Oh wow, I didn't know that either! I've been meaning to check that one out, I'll bump that higher on my list. Thanks.

Yeah, this new is fantastic.

"new one", that should have been. Really great and probably my favorite thing he's done yet.

It's wonderful in every way except for the songs themselves, which haven't reeled me in at all, save for the closer, 'Shiva with Dustpan', which finally rises to the level of 'memorable'. It's probably just me, though.

Great album, very Jim O’Rouke

where are yall hearing this? my bandcamp library still says "pre-order"

the kikagaku moyo collab is a burner and it's like the heaviest vinyl record i own, 1800g lp

xxpost i haven't heard the new one, but your experience lines up w/ mine, generally speaking ... for years now. i love everything about Ryley but i've just never been able to really latch on to his vocal melodies.

just from the singles this sounds pretty damn good

his vocal melodies

Yeah, that's the main sticking point for me as well. I assume this is why I loved the (instrumental) Kikagaku Moyo collab so much.

where are yall hearing this? my bandcamp library still says "pre-order"

Yeah I still haven't gotten the digital version, but my CD copy showed up like two days after I placed the pre-order. Was definitely not expecting that to be the case.

This week I’m two years sober off dope, coke, and booze. Still don’t have the key to happiness or all the answers. Just know it’s 100% possible to live without picking up. Nothing comes before sobriety. Couldn’t have done it alone. Asked sober people what they did and listened.

— Ryley walker (@ryleywalker) March 21, 2021

I love Ryley but I get a headache from this record! Really bums me out :(

first one i've heard and really enjoyed it. the Jim O'Rourke vibes are very strong, but so few people do anything in that style and where Jim doesn't do song records that often, i'm totally fine with it.

Dude's on a roll. His new record with David Grubbs is exceptional! Started out kinda like I would have expected, but gets really weird and out fairly quickly.

I'm really enjoying this new(ish) one. It's grown on me. His vocal has for the most part lost the si-hi-hi-nging style of the last record. Maybe I should give that one another go.

Clad With Bunk ends with a guitar riff like Drag Racer by the Doug Wood Band. Known to older UK listners ad the theme to the snooker.

Any ilxors who have ordered the new Post Wook from his bandcamp received theirs yet? According to the bandcamp email I should have had it a few weeks ago, but nothing yet. It still says "ships out within 5 days" and no notices about any delays, so it doesn't seem to indicate any delays.

I haven't ordered it yet but my previous experience was ordering the Ryley/Kikagaku Moyo album and it shipped out almost immediately so it might be worth emailing just to make sure it didn't fall through the cracks

yeah, i'd just email — ryley is pretty responsive, I've found. cool record! he might even have done it a bit of a disservice with the jokey title, haha.

Yeah, I'll do that. I dunno, I kind of love when he gets all goofy. Kicking myself for missing that Steve Gunn drone tape.

it's kind of cool to read the thread title: Ryley Walker (Jansch-style vocals, finger-picking folk guitar with double bass and violins grooves)

and realize how much he's changed and evolved, that doesn't even come close to describing him now

i guess if you were going to find a good comparison, it'd be john martyn — which means Ryley is about to make his One World?

I wouldn't hate that.

had the pleasure of seeing Ryley live with his band, absolute beast of a bass player Andrew Scott Young and two(!) drummers

he seems so effortless in his playing

ryley walker is hella good. i had no idea...

Post Wook is really great. Have been dipping into his back catalog stuff I haven't heard and it's so diverse. He has a really creative and ambitious musical mind, that takes him in pretty different directions from a lot of his brethren in the post-Faheyverse. Going back to his older stylez search also SpiderBeetleBee w Bill MacKay

Dude seems really happy since getting sober, seems to enjoy working at that burger joint.

He's great fun live - you can tell he's enjoying himself

playing bass last night with the Moles. been a while, good to see him. and yes, he was having a good time up there.

Moles warming up for a GBV opening spot they have coming up, Ryley also has a show with Tara Jane O'Neil in April, as the TJO Duo.