Illinois Indie rocker, Ryley Walker, announced his next album Deafman Glance, will be out May 18th, on Dead Oceans. Accompanying the album announcement was the single “Telluride Speed.”
Walker said in a press release that the album and its sounds come from a Chicago place of mind:
I just wanted to make something weird and far-out that came from the heart finally. I was always trying to make something like this I guess, trying to catch up with my imagination. And I think I succeeded in that way — it’s got some weird instrumentation on there, and some surreal far-out words. And it’s more Chicago-y sounding. Chicago sounds like a train constantly coming towards you but never arriving. That’s the sound I hear, all the time, ringing in my ears.”
Walker will be on tour with Calexico; a tour which starts for Walker with a residency at Cafe Mustache in Chicago, IL, in March.
Deafman Glance Tracklist:
1. In Castle Dome
2. 22 Days
3. Accommodations
4. Can’t Ask Why
5. Opposite Middle
6. Telluride Speed
7. Expired
8. Rocks On Rainbow
9. Spoil With The Rest
Ryley Walker Tour Dates:
Wed. Mar. 7 – Chicago, IL @ Cafe Mustache
Tue. Mar. 13 – Chicago, IL @ Cafe Mustache
Wed. Mar. 21 – Chicago, IL @ Cafe Mustache
Thu. March 29 – Chicago, IL @ Cafe Mustache
Tue. Apr. 10 – Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin
Wed. Apr. 11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective
Thu. Apr. 12 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links
Fri. Apr. 13 – Marfa, TX @ Ballroom Marfa / Marfa Myths Fest
Sun. Apr. 15 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Mon. Apr. 16 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
Tue. Apr. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Resident
Thu. Apr. 19 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls *
Sat. Apr. 21 – Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard *
Sun. Apr. 22 – St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill *
Mon. Apr. 23 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Line Music Café *
Wed. Apr. 25 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
Thu. Apr. 26 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theater *
Fri. Apr. 27 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theater *
Sat. Apr. 28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
Sun. Apr. 29 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
Mon. Apr. 30 – Woodstock, NY @ Colony
Tue. May 1 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *
Wed. May 2 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live *
Thu. May 3 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater *
Fri. May 4 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
Sat. May 5 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings
Sun. May 6 – Savannah, GA @ El-Rocko Lounge
Mon. May 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
Mon. May 8 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge *
* w/Calexico
By Antonio Villasenor-Baca