TBW
American sound artist Tyler Bradley Walker’s music explores the cross-pollination of popular, rock, and concert music.
“In Between the Shadow of Myself,” features vocals by composer Mikel Rouse. The track features an eerily infectious synthetic drum loop, with lyrics loosely inspired by poems that Walker’s father had written during the Vietnam war. Rouse’s vocals bring forth comparisons of John Cale and Bowie's Blackstar, as Walker’s instrumentals and Deck’s drums nod to Thom Yorke’s solo work.”
“Individual and idiosyncractic, disturbing and thrilling, moody and compelling, Nobody Wants To is midway between a sci-fi soundtrack, a fever dream and a nerbous breakdown — and unlike anything else you’re likely to hear.”
“There is nothing that can be said here that isn’t said by the music itself. Music and art always come first—the biography and program notes second. The latter doesn’t justify the former and often, by my eye, gets in the way. Listen and move on? Even better, listen and come back for a second time. We prioritize different virtues that give life to the object—the music. Our debate about which virtues are better is subjective. What’s in the music is objective. Today, I prefer the virtues of expression, depth, and imagination both in the music I listen to and in my music. I hope you can find them too; though, I create and satisfy these virtues, for myself. If we try to be honest about our work, it tends to resonate in a more meaningful way. I mean that it’s a better way of caring about what people think without thinking about what people think.”
