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Apr 3, 2015A headphone trip for the ages, Primrose Green is a diaphanous tapestry that envelopes our collective musical history.
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UncutMar 17, 2015Primrose Green is disorientating, casting new light on modes you thought you knew well. [Apr 2015, p.65]
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Mar 18, 2015A stellar supporting cast matching his vision, Walker produces one of the year's most exciting releases.
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Mar 31, 2015Ryley Walker’s talents are enormous. The praise for his second full-length ought to be the same.
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Mar 24, 2015For Walker, it’s about breathing life back into ’60s folk until it bursts with springtime charm, and Primrose Green is 2015’s ultimate encompassment of that sound.
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Apr 3, 2015Working with a cast of Chicago jazz, improv and experimental luminaries and newcomers, Walker casts a most enchanting spell on Primrose Green, and while it may reflect his influences more than spell out his vision, the love he bears for those influences comes through in every plucked and sung note.
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Mar 30, 2015With its ready absorption of, homage to, and engagement with the past, Walker's skills as a guitarist and arranger make Primrose Green as musically compelling as it is willfully indulgent.
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Mar 30, 2015With Primrose Green, Walker has created a mystical record, balancing idyllic sonics with moving sensibility.
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Mar 24, 2015Primrose Green may not be the most original of statements, but it definitely amounts to more than the sum of its parts and there is the lingering impression that Walker is only just getting started.
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Mar 23, 2015Had Primrose Green been recorded in the era it's influenced by, it could well be among the records Ryley Walker would now be drawing inspiration from; high praise indeed.
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MojoMar 19, 2015A personal statement that is simply too accomplished to fall into pastiche. [Apr 2015, p.96]
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Q MagazineMar 17, 2015Combining jazzy looseness, rustic picking and an undertow of drugular mind expansion, this is one head cocktail that leaves no pain after it hits. [Apr 2015, p.113]
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Mar 17, 2015He has an uncanny feel for the triangulation of folk, jazz and blues that came from the fleet fingers of Bert Jansch and John Fahey back in the ’60s.
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Mar 17, 2015Derivative as it is, there’s beauty here, and something admirable in Walker’s insistence on so closely cleaving to his chosen path.
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Under The RadarApr 17, 2015While the depth of this 20-something often-improvised lyrics doesn't yet match the force of his baritone growls and purrs, the record gains emotional resonance from Walker's uncanny knack for summoning the specters of tragic folk figures. [Apr - May 2015, p.88]
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The WireMar 25, 2015With Primrose Green, Walker is in a larger collective setting and it works in his favour. A mixed bag of Chicago musicians concoct a pleasant, hazy feel to the proceedings. [Mar 2015, p.54]
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Mar 30, 2015While Primrose Green is a great statement for a '70s freak-folk cosplayer, I just hope it’s not a career-defining one for Walker.
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Jun 18, 2015Instrumentally, Primrose Green is an engaging listen, but Walker the singer only comes through a few times.
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Apr 3, 2015Like its precursor, this sophomore release is deeply rooted in the musical traditions of the late 60s, but while it would be hard to accuse him of pushing too many boundaries, the influences are both tastefully chosen and utilised with consummate skill.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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