Scott Walker's New Album

[Druidic]

Sounds...interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/ar...n-o-.html?_r=0

[Robert Adam Gilmour]

I've only listened to it once so far but it sounds good. I'm a big fan generally.

[ElHI]

It is indeed very good!

There's a somewhat disturbing video by French choreographer Gisèle Vienne for the track 'Brando' :

Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Brando - Film by Gisèle Vienne - YouTube

[Druidic]

I regard his Brel covers highly. Here's one that never made it onto a CD.

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[Robin Davies]

It's a shame Scott's TV series in only preserved on audiotape.
I tend to rate Scott's work in three categories - his own compositions are best, followed by the Brel songs, followed by the rest (which is a mixture of a few pop classics plus a lot of MOR slush).
Thanks for posting that NY Times feature. I'm a bit surprised that the new album hasn't received the usual in-depth treatment that his work usually gets in the UK - or maybe I've just missed it. Normally The Wire magazine does an interview but I don't think they did this time.

[Robert Adam Gilmour]

Quietus site has quite a few features and good interviews for all his recent work.

[ramonoski]

I thought this would be about Bish Bosch, which I've been listening to (and enjoying!) in recent days. I didn't know there was something newer! Must catch up with the times.

Quote Originally Posted by Robin Davies

I tend to rate Scott's work in three categories - his own compositions are best, followed by the Brel songs, followed by the rest.

My sentiments exactly.

[Robert Adam Gilmour]

One of my favourite lyrics in Bish Bosch: "while plucking feathers from a swan song, a mythic instance of erotic impulse"

[Druidic]

Another good song by Walker that never found a proper home. I think it's available in a very expensive box set.

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I like this cover. I believe Nick Cave produced it.

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There are some nice tracks from the early 70's. Yes, there are maudlin throwaways like Delta Dawn and Reuben James but there's also this; (the steel guitar on the ride out is great).

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Jimmy Webb could be a fine writer--The Highway Man, Paul Gauguin in the South Seas--but he wrote his share of pap. Dylan once tweaked him by saying Wichita Lineman was the kind of song that, if a singer performed it too often, might have him pulling over his car and scurrying up the first telephone pole he saw.

[Masonwire]

Here are a couple of links that might be of interest:
http://thequietus.com/articles/16326...-soused-review
http://thequietus.com/articles/16411...-sunn-o-soused
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/...walker-soused/
http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php...les&Itemid=133