Walkmen

Walkmen Artist: The Walkmen
Label: Star Time
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: EP
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 711574434329
EAN: 0711574434329
ASIN: B00005KG6Z


Release Date: 2001-06-26

Walkmen


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Tracks:

  1. Wake Up
  2. We've Been Had
  3. The Crimps
  4. Summer Stage

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Album Description

Five former members of the late, lamented Jonathan Fire*Eater and their gone-too-soon siblings The Recoys have joined forces as the Walkmen. Deconstructed rock arrangements, spirals of white guitar noise, ambient Wurlitzer distortion, fiery trance-inducing rhythms, haunting vocals: this is the new thing. Beautiful arrangements and beautiful songs.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars the walkmen deconstruct stuff - give them a chance anyway.......2001-12-23

If New York is a scene again, then the Walkmen are the Television to the Strokes' VU. Just kidding. Well, sort of. The Walkmen are musically sound. Their diverse bag of influences seems to stem from the same record collection the Strokes had (aka VU, Stooges, Television, Pixies) but throw in a little Radiohead, possibly U2 and more of a leaning to 80s pop than 70s raw. But there are definitely twists to keep it interesting. And while we're talking about influences - who cares if a band is derivative? Hey, we're all Post Modernists here, right? There is no originality in rock (there is innovation). Everybody takes what the last guy did and tries to make it better. The Walkmen, like the Strokes, succeed where many, many others fail.

5 out of 5 stars super hott.......2001-12-20

just got this from my mom for Christmas. It hasn't left the cd player yet

5 out of 5 stars A Great Ep.......2001-12-20

Just got this one from my mom for Christmas. It's excellent, the first two tracks are my favorites but all four have something to offer

5 out of 5 stars innovative sound that still rocks.......2001-08-15

Walkmen are part of a growing number of of bands in New York City that are taking the Velvet Underground sound, but then going a step further. I listened to this CD and the LP they've released which has three other tracks in Other Music in Soho and felt that it would criminal not to buy such innovative and enjoyable music. I definitely recommend this to anyone who considers themselves a fan of progressive pop/rock.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Tear Down the Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal ~ Fred Neil
  2. Amore ~ The Hooters
  3. Here Are Young Moderns
  4. Song for Juli ~ Jesse Colin Young
  5. Red ~ The Communards
  6. Across the Milky Way ~ The Pearlfishers
  7. Rock & Roll Party ~ Virginia Coalition
  8. Rotary Connection ~ Rotary Connection
  9. Fiestas + Fiascos ~ Lifter Puller
  10. Spaceman's Last Goodbye ~ The Hunger

Music Album

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Deep Lancashire ~ Various Artists

Oracle ~ Kittie

The Ruin of Nová Roma ~ Taint

Sinister Slaughter ~ Macabre

Step Into My World ~ Common Tongue

Takara Mono ~ Miyuki Yamamoto

Mind over Matter ~ Sergio Dias

Unu ~ Pangaea

Best ~ Esel Nakata