Chris Eckman formed Walkabouts in Seattle thirty years ago, a pioneer of the Alternative Country movement. Walkabouts’ low-profile melancholia mirrors their sometime collaborators, Nottingham’s Tindersticks, but Eckman’s solo debut offers an even starker sound, inspired by empty Oregon landscapes, and recorded clean and cold in a vast orchestra studio in Prague. The eleven minute Rock Springs leans lyrically on a Richard Ford story of the same name, and is a low, slow-burning thrum through Americana’s darkest corners.
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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John Robins, Comedian
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Stuart, Chortle
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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GRTak, finalgear.com