Ryley Walker - The Lillywhite Sessions (2018) [Official Digital Download]

On The Lillywhite Sessions, Ryley Walker and the similarly indebted trio of drummer Ryan Jewell and bassist Andrew Scott Young cover Dave Matthews' infamously abandoned 2001 art-rock masterpiece of the same name, a record where he and his band indulged a new adult pathos and a budding musical wanderlust. With a delicate rhythmic latticework and vocals that ask you to lean in, "Busted Stuff" recalls Jim O' Rourke's golden Drag City days. Emerging from a wall of distortion, "Diggin' a Ditch" becomes a power trio wallop a la Dinosaur Jr, shaking off existential malaise like twentysomething pals writing rock songs in the garage. Walker's "Grace is Gone," the most faithful take here, is a testament to his unflagging love for the music that helped make him a musician. This end-to-end interpretation of youthful fascination is a collective reminder that we are all just kids from somewhere, reckoning with our upbringing the best we can. Walker has stepped through the door long ago opened by the Dave Matthews Band to find a world teeming with musical possibilities. On The Lillywhite Sessions, he has, in turn, created his own.

Tracklist:

01. Busted Stuff
02. Grey Street
03. Diggin' a Ditch
04. Sweet Up and Down
05. JTR
06. Big Eyed Fish
07. Grace Is Gone
08. Captain
09. Bartender
10. Monkey Man
11. Kit Kat Jam
12. Raven



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