The Walkmen
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Biography
[Edit]The Walkmen feature three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater and two from the Recoys. When Jonathan Fire*Eater disbanded in 1998, the group took the remainder of their Dreamworks funding and established an uptown rehearsal space in New York City that doubled as a 24-track recording studio where they use a wide variety of vintage equipment. The 900-square-foot Harlem industrial space, dubbed Marcata Studios, was completed in the fall of 1999. (Bands that have recorded at their studio include labelmates the French Kicks and experimental rockers Arto Lindsay and Nação Zumbi.) The Walkmen, some of whom had gigged in the city under the moniker Today Okay, formed in 2000 and consist of Fire Eaters Walter Martin (vocals, organ, etc.), Paul Maroon (guitars), and Matt Barrick (drums) and ex-Recoys Hamilton Leithauser (vocals) and Peter Bauer (bass). Like Jonathan Fire*Eater, the members of the Walkmen grew up together in the Washington, D.C., area and have played in the same bands since the fifth grade. Perhaps the only way the group could be any closer is if they were all related. (Martin and Leithauser are cousins, so the semi-merging of bands is also somewhat of a family reunion.)
The Walkmen make a conscious attempt to evolve away from the raw, fiery garage sounds of their previous bands. They incorporate piano into the new songs as well as take the compositions in new directions by experimenting with instrumentation and recording techniques. The Walkmen are influenced by such diverse bands as the Pogues, Joy Division, Bruce Springsteen, Björk, U2, New Order, the Smiths, and the Cure. Their new music has favorably been compared to Pixies, Brian Eno, and the Velvet Underground with strong hints of U2 and Television. An online advertisement for the Marcata Studios explains that the owners appreciate the sonic recordings on Joy Division's Peel Sessions, Talking Heads' Fear of Music, the Specials' The Specials, and Royal Trux's Singles, among others.
The Walkmen released a self-titled, four-song EP in 1999 through the small Brooklyn label Startime International (Brendan Benson) and completed a vinyl-only release to be made available at concerts. The first Walkmen concert was at Joe's Pub in the East Village in September of 2000, shortly after their EP was released. In 2002, the Walkmen made their proper full-length debut with Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone. It was a favorite among indie crowds and the album led the Walkmen to tour the world in support of it. Bows + Arrows, the band's first for Warner Bros.' Record Collection label, appeared two years later. Along with touring and appearing in a cameo on the Fox TV series The O.C., the Walkmen began writing a novel, John's Journey, together. The band returned to the studio in 2005, working with Don Zientera at Arlington, VA's Inner Ear Studio on their third album, A Hundred Miles Off, and at their own Marcata Studio on a song-by-song cover of Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats, which was the last album recorded in Marcata before the band closed it. A Hundred Miles Off was released in spring 2006, and Pussy Cats arrived that fall. The Walkmen recorded their fourth album in New York's Gigantic Studio and the same Oxford, MS, studio in which they recorded Bows + Arrows, releasing You & Me in 2008 on Gigantic Music. Lisbon, the group's sixth studio album, arrived in 2010 on the Fat Possum/Bella Union label. The following year, the Walkmen celebrated their 10th anniversary as a band while recording with Phil Ek; the results, Heaven, arrived in 2012.
Title: Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Artist: The Walkmen
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: Pussy Cats Starring The Walkmen (U.S. Version)
Artist: The Walkmen
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie
Collections
Title: Music from the O.C. Mix, Vol. 2
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Endangered: Fierce Panda 2004-2014
Genre: Alternative
Title: Sympathy for the Download 00
Title: Talitres (October 2012)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: The Art of Emceeing, Vol. 2 (feat. Apathy)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap
Title: Navigatorz Fresh!! Indie Playlist September 2012
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Title: Colin McRae DIRT 2 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Rolling Stone'S 100 Best Singles Of 2000'S (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Club/Dance, Pop
Title: Breaking Bad (Season 2)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Spider-Man 3 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Razzmatazz 12
Genre: Pop
Title: The O. C.: Mix 2 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Greatest Songs Of NME's Lifetime... So Far (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Old School Rock Collection (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol 6 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Breaking Bad
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Early 00s
Genre: Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Emo, Hard Rock, Punk, Pop Punk, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Pop, Alternative
Title: 00's Rock Anthems 2021
Title: Modern Guitar Alternative
Genre: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: 100 Greatest 00s Indie Anthems (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Alternative, Indie
Title: 2000s Indie Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: Dad Rock Essentials (CD1)
Title: Self Isolation Bangers
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 2000s Rock Drive
Title: Highway Hits Rock Edition