Looms (Qt) by Adam Walton
FOR FANS OF: Antonymes, R. Seiliog, Group Listening, Mogwai, The Cure, Boards of Canada, Gerard Cousins and Brian Eno.
RECOMMENDED FOR RADIO: 10, 5, 6, 9
My name is Adam Walton. I’m from Yr Wyddgrug (Mold) in north Wales.
Inspired by the atmospheric sketches on my album ‘Afal’ - and intended to be a bridging point between that and my forthcoming album ‘Moment in the Light’ - welcome to ‘Looms (Qt)’, a collection of instrumental / ambient / field and classical recordings sketched together in my bedroom over the last couple of years.
I hope the recordings soothe without being too airy or obvious. I wanted to span everything from traditional instruments - classical guitar and kalimba - to the universes of opportunity and inspiration opened up by my synths and effects pedals.
Hopefully the boundaries between all of the tools have been blurred and smeared beyond obvious recognition.
It’s not an album of immediate pleasures. Much of it (apart from the classical guitar recordings) was improvised and built in layers, intended to be listened to quietly, so the music can insinuate itself and calm the soul.
My inspirations were recordings by Antonymes, Group Listening, Mogwai, Accu, King Biscuit Time, Graham Devine, Gareth Bonello, Gwenno, Brian Eno, Barrios, The Cure, Boards of Canada, Gerard Cousins, knobs, and the abstract paintings of Rebecca Anne Stickels.
Rebecca is from Wrexham and I'm a long-standing fan of her paintings and photography. In her own words: “I am a self-taught, intuitive, spontaneous, playful and outsider-y artist sponsored by nature, illness, isolation, dreams, the subconscious and hope.”
To coincide with the album release, I have a limited edition of 20 high quality A3 art prints of the watercolour painting used in the cover art for 'Looms' on heavy stock (250-300 gsm) matte paper.
You can buy a print from the merch page here on bandcamp.
Please do check out her other paintings: they’re a celebration of colour, striking and original:
http://rebeccastickels.art
‘Looms (qt)’ tracklisting
Looms
Adagio for Waverley
Parish (JS Bach)
Prelude
Early Summer Evening Chorus
Gwahoddiad (Lewis Hartsough, arranged by Gerard Cousins)
Robert
Circlewalking
Aventurine
Julia Florida (Agustín Barrios)
Amethyst (Loom)
Twenty Six
Eddies
Opalite
Villancico (Agustín Barrios)
Agate
All tracks by Adam Walton (Copyright Control) unless otherwise stated.
Selected Quotes About ‘Afal’
“The songs are deliciously quirky and evocative - so refreshing. I love it!”
Mary Hopkin
“… he’s been making his own solo album of sublime lysergic folk reveries. I fell hard for this last night & perhaps you might too“
Pete Paphides
“… Afal is, really, a very good record indeed”
Wales Arts Review
“… a magical piece of work“
Louder Than War
“… not one of the songs on this record outstay their welcome. Instead they fill the room (your headphones) with warmth, hope and humility”
link2wales
Tracklist
| 1. | Looms | 3:45 |
| 2. | Adagio for Waverley | 3:20 |
| 3. | Parish | 3:53 |
| 4. | Prelude | 2:09 |
| 5. | Early Summer Evening Chorus | 4:33 |
| 6. | Gwahoddiad | 3:07 |
| 7. | Robert | 1:39 |
| 8. | Circlewalking | 4:28 |
| 9. | Aventurine | 2:22 |
| 10. | Julia Florida | 4:47 |
| 11. | Amethyst (Loom) | 3:15 |
| 12. | Twenty Six | 3:28 |
| 13. | Eddies | 3:18 |
| 14. | Opalite | 6:37 |
| 15. | Villancico | 3:19 |
| 16. | Agate | 8:09 |
Credits
Adam Walton - guitars / synths / kalimba / field recordings / recording etc.
Rebecca Stickels - cover painting
License
All rights reserved.Tags
My name is Adam Walton. I’m from Mold in north Wales.
I love slightly off kilter chord sequences & melodies that weave and glow. If the melodies weave and glow for you, I’ll be a happy-ish man.
There are scraps of Emitt Rhodes, Beck, De La Soul, Elliott Smith, Love, Teenage Fanclub, Modern Life Is Rubbish-era Blur, Richard Holland’s compilation tapes… The Zombies, Pink Floyd & The Boo Radleys.