Ryley Walker signs to AD93
Ryley Walker announces his signing to AD 93 with the release of his first new material since 2021’s Course in Fable. Capturing a sonic shift inspired by computer musicians whose influence loomed large in the American noise underground of his early career, new single “Carrier” is released today alongside a video by Kendra Calhoun.
Of the single, Ryley says:
“‘Carrier’ is a simple tune. Just digital distortion in PPOOLL/Max/MSP and a pitched-down loop of a failed guitar demo from my phone. Ditched years earlier. Totally broken, but refried and refurbished.
I chipped away at it in my apartment downtown NYC after closing shifts at my service-industry gig. Clock-out jams. Great period of exhaustion.
Despite how brutal it sounds, it truly felt like the easier, softer way of making a tune. I was thinking of people in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Wearing SpongeBob pajama pants to a funeral-type heads. I imagined them screaming behind the wheel of a salvage-title Honda Civic with a lift kit.
They inspire me every day.
I thought of Loren Connors. Thought of Kevin Drumm. Thought of Caspar Brötzmann. Smoked cigs inside.”
Ryley Walker - "Carrier"
New Single + Video out September 29