The Folk Implosion
Walk Thru Me
60‐⁻83点相当
去年なんか出てたような。
オリジナルのスタジオアルバムとしては
20年以上ぶり。
https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-thru-me-mw0004275072
Arriving more than 20 years after their last studio album, Walk Thru Me is yet another unforeseeable chapter in the long, unusual trajectory of the Folk Implosion. Originally begun as a lo-fi side project so unserious that even their name was a goof on another band (the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), the duo of Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr. member Lou Barlow and songwriter John Davis spent their first act in the '90s and early 2000s moving unexpectedly from fuzzy, experimental home-recorded albums to experiences with major labels and Top 40 radio play before going on a lengthy hiatus in 2004. Walk Thru Me follows the same ethos the band has drawn from all along, converting any and every idea on the table into the kind of oblong, rule-breaking pop they've made their signature sound. Having kept his songwriting output at a high volume for decades with Sebadoh, solo albums, and other projects, Barlow's songs have a familiar shape to them. The even-keeled pacing and blend of guitar tones on "My Little Lamb" provide a great framework for Barlow's specifically angled melodies, and the crunchy distortion and pushy drums of "The Fable and the Fact" recall some of the basement punk energy of early Sebadoh. Davis' songs are a little more off the beaten path stylistically, even by Folk Implosion standards.