Ryley Walker will release his highly anticipated album, The Lillywhite Sessions, on November 16th. It’s the follow up to this year’s Deafman Glance which “marked the most significant transformation in an already shape-shifting career… [The Lillywhite Sessions] is perhaps the strangest addendum to Deafman Glance that one could’ve imagined, and yet it somehow works” (Stereogum).
Walker delivers a powerful, heartfelt meditation on the twists and turns of an individual’s musical journey across a life of enthusiastic and curious listening. Through his thoughtful performance and rearrangement, with frequent collaborators Andrew Scott Young and Ryan Jewell, he submits that perhaps DMB is justly due the reassessment it’s slowly been granted in the pop zeitgeist as of late. “For all the instrumental reinvention though, Walker seems keenly tapped into the existential fears that the DMB’s buoyant jams have a tendency to obscure” (Aquarium Drunkard).
Having previously shared “Busted Stuff,” Walker unveils “Diggin’ A Ditch” today. The original limned a lifetime of disappointments, found only the most flickering hope, and resolved to make it there. With Walker, “Diggin’ a Ditch” becomes a power trio wallop à la Dinosaur Jr., shaking off that existential malaise like twenty-something pals writing rock songs in the garage. This record is for anyone that’s interested in the possibility of unapologetic honesty, of reckoning fully with who you were and are while on the pathway to whatever you may become.
Ryley Walker Tour Dates:
Tue. Nov. 6 – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club
Wed. Nov. 7 – Aarhus, Denmark @ Atlas
Thu. Nov. 8 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
Fri. Nov. 9 – Wangels, Germany @ Rolling Stone Weekender
Sat. Nov. 10 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who? **
Sat. Nov. 10 – Groningen, Netherlands @ ROCKIT Festival
Sun. Nov. 11 – Kortrijk, Belgium @ Sonic City Festival
Mon. Nov. 12 – Middelburg, Netherlands @ Kloveniersdoelen
Tue. Nov. 13 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique *
Wed. Nov. 14 – Köln, Germany @ Artheater *
Thu. Nov. 15 – Bern, Switzerland @ ISC Club *
Fri. Nov. 16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F *
Sat. Nov. 17 – Rust, Germany @ Rolling Stone Park
Mon. Nov. 19 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sidecar *
Tue. Nov. 20 – Madrid, Spain @ El Intruso *
Wed. Nov. 21 – Sevilla, Spain @ Sala X *
Thu. Nov. 22 – Lisbon, Portugal @ ZDB *
Sat. Nov. 24 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Badabada *
Sun. Nov. 25 – Limoges, France @ Le Phare
Mon. Nov. 26 – Lille, France @ Le Bar Bulle de la Maison Folie Moulins
Tue. Nov. 27 – London, UK @ Scala *
Wed. Nov. 28 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece *
Thu. Nov. 29 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall *
Fri. Nov. 30 – Brighton, UK @ The Old Market *
Sat. Dec. 1 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere *
Sun. Dec. 2 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord *
Wed. Dec. 5 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Recital Hall ++
Thu. Dec. 6 – Detroit, MI @ El Club ++
Fri. Dec. 7 – Toronto, ON @ Baby G ++
Sat. Dec. 8 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esco ++
Sun. Dec. 9 – Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery ++
Mon. Dec. 10 – Greenfield, MA @ Root Cellar ++
Tue. Dec. 11 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott ++
Wed. Dec. 12 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre ++
Thu. Dec. 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle ++
Fri. Dec. 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right ++
Sat. Dec. 15 – Montclair, NJ @ Outpost In The Burbs ++
Sun. Dec. 16 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd ++
Mon. Dec. 17 – Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
Tue. Dec. 18 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light ++
Wed. Dec. 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn ++
Thu. Dec. 20 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement ++
Fri. Dec. 21 – Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret ++
Fri. Dec. 28 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ***
* with Andrew Tuttle
** collaborative set with Kikagaku Moyo
++ with Mute Duo
*** with Ohmme and Ben Lamar Gay