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     Hugo Member Username: Hugo Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2005 |
There was quite a good Scott Walker thread here once but it seems to have vanished... Anyway on the assumption that those who appreciate the arty drama of the Go Betweens are likely to feel similarly about Scott Walker, I'll pass on this news from the 4AD site: 19 January 06 We're delighted to announce that Scott Walker has completed work on his first album for the label. The long-awaited new album - called "The Drift" - will be Scott's first since the ground-breaking "Tilt" was released in 1995. 4AD will release the album worldwide in May. The exact date will be announced shortly. A documentary film about Scott's music - including the making of "The Drift" - is being made by the New York -based director Stephen Kijak. Titled "30 Century Man", it will also be released in 2006. | ||
| Duncan Hurwood Member Username: Duncan_h Post Number: 33 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wooooo. I wonder if it'll just be the sound of clanking metal. | ||
| Hugo Member Username: Hugo Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2005 |
It's beginning to sound good. Here's a preview from rock critic Ian Penman: "Ten tracks (last one acoustic just like Tilt and Climate of Hunter). Like Tilt only more so - darker, stranger, further out, further in. Astonishing stuff. Three or four of the tracks (at least) career highlights: so powerful I had to listen to it in two or three track bursts. Tracks two and three actually disabled me for about 45 minutes after (the way "The Electrician" and "Farmer In The City" did when I first heard them, only more so). If you got Tilt, you'll love this. "Haunting" doesn't begin to do justice to its emotional complexity. Inspirational: a 63 year old who makes musicians - artists - a third his age seem like cop outs; and makes 53 or 63 (or 46) seem like a good age to really start living... Worth the wait - and then some." http://apawboy.blogspot.com/2006/01/yes-yes-its-new-scott-walker.html | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 139 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow. Thanks for the news, Hugo. Walker is so infrequent about his releases that I forget to even look for any. | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 27 Registered: 06-2005 |
this is good news indeed. whilst on the subject i'd like to include Amorous Humphrey Plugg as one of my favorite songs of all time | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 153 Registered: 10-2004 |
wow, a 4ad release even. i was listening to his song 'hero of the war' from his 4th album the other day. i think that's my favorite walker song. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 140 Registered: 03-2005 |
Favorite Walker song, hmmm. Boy Child. | ||
| Peter Collins Member Username: Tyroneshoelaces Post Number: 56 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blimey, I was listening to Scott 4 for the first time for ages last night. Quality. My favourite song is, boringly, Big Louise, but the Amorous Humphrey Plugg is right up there. But what's this....? http://www.cyberrentals.com/USA/Florida/Anna-Maria-Island-Area/vacation-cottage- Brandenton-Beach/p129066.htm A Scott fan renting out their home? |