Chris Walla Announces New Album, Talks With Tegan & Sara’s Sara Quin About Leaving Death Cab for Cutie
Photo by Dianna Walla
Chris Walla, formerly of Death Cab for Cutie, has announced a new solo record. It’s called Tape Loops, and it’s out October 16 through his label Trans Records. Check out the cover below. It’s his first solo record since 2008’s Field Manual, and is largely built around the manipulation of analog tape. It’s all instrumental; there’s no vocals. You can listen to the first track, “Kanta’s Theme”, above via Interview.
“I can’t change a closed, physical tape loop with a mouse-click or a keystroke, and that’s precisely the point,” Walla said in a press release. “Digital recording and editing often feels like working in a spreadsheet—it’s not always a place for dreams.”
Walla announced he was leaving Death Cab last year, after 17 years with the band. His final performance with them was last September.
Speaking with Tegan and Sara’s Sara Quin in Interview, Walla elaborated a little more on his reasons for leaving the band. “On a more existential level, and eventually one of the things that led to me wanting to leave the band, was feeling like Ben [Gibbard]’s stories weren’t coinciding with my own life in a way that I could continue to prioritize my whole living experience for,” he said.
On his current relationship with the band, he said: “Those guys, they are my brothers. We haven’t spoken a lot, but it doesn’t change the fact that I love them dearly and I hope it all continues to go well. I hope that those relationships can be new again someday, and strong again, in a way that is probably very different from how they were, but not fraught. “
Tape Loops:
01 Kanta’s Theme
02 Introductions
03 I Believe in the Night
04 Goodbye
05 Flytoget
Skanks The Rap Martyr and GStats Hard Bars announce the release of their tribute album ‘Martin & Malcolm.’ The 13-track project is presented by Anarchy Records and Bankai Fam. It comes with an elite selection of features including Ruste Juxx a.k.a Nat Turner, Big A.V a.k.a Father Divine, Low Banga a.k.a Huey P & D-Strong a.k.a Che Guevara, Milez Grimez a.k.a JFK & Shatike a.k.a Marcus Garvey, Supreme J.A.H a.k.a Allah The Father, Kenyattah Black aka Noble Drew Ali, Bazzo The Great a.k.a H. Rap Brown & Sunez a.k.a Pedro Albizu Campos, Poison Pen a.k.a Bumpy Johnson & Tone Spliff a.k.a Sam Giancanna, and SMACCZ a.k.a Muhammad Ali.
All features take on aliases as past leaders while Skanks and GStats portray Martin and Malcolm. They show off a unique, unmatched lyrical wit sure to leave a lasting impression. Stream the project and connect below.
https://skankstherapmartyr1.bandcamp.com/album/martin-malcolm
Connect
https://www.instagram.com/flowfessional/?hl=en
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