walk through this world w/ the folk Implosion

by The Folk Implosion

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So good... Favorite track: why do they hide (first mix).

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1.	not a man/slamdance tonight 02:42	info	buy track
2.	kick a cutie (shake a little heaven first mix) 01:31	info	buy track
3.	stereo 01:35	info	buy track
4.	why do they hide (first mix) 01:04	info	buy track
5.	sputnik's down (first mix) 01:17	info	buy track
6.	my head really hurts 00:54	info	buy track
7.	school 01:17	info	buy track
8.	I remember the angels 02:05	info	buy track
9.	eternal party 01:17	info	buy track
10.	third mind trouble 00:38	info	buy track
11.	walk through this world 00:39	info	buy track
12.	end of the first side 00:45	info	buy track
13.	touch me all the time (slap me first mix) 01:49	info	buy track
14.	winter's day (first mix) 01:01	info	buy track
15.	hey 00:29	info	buy track
16.	I know what I want today 01:07	info	buy track
17.	hey, you don't say 02:07	info	buy track
18.	I won't back down 01:22	info	buy track
19.	better than allright (first mix) 02:39	info	buy track
20.	license to confuse 01:57	info	buy track
21.	let a little lovin' 01:38	info	buy track
22.	so sweet I swear 01:06	info	buy track
23.	end 00:29	info	buy track
24.	backyard graveyard 02:06	info	buy track
25.	natural boogie 01:19	info	buy track

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Lou Barlow and John Davis began their collaboration improvising acoustic songs in Lou’s apartment in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood in 1993. After a few times playing and recording, they decided it might be fun to try to play a show in Providence RI. They called themselves The John Davis Folk Implosion, an ironic nod to the John Spencer Blues Explosion. John Spencer, like John Davis, had attended Providence’s Brown University and The Blues Explosion were the coolest, tightest band on the planet. Lou and John leaned heavily in the opposite direction (as you will hear). The John Davis Folk Implosion’s set included a selection of John’s solo tunes and songs that Lou had just written. Bob Fay was recruited to play drums (soon to be the full-time drummer for Lou’s band Sebadoh).
The duo moved operations to John’s bedroom near Harvard Square, meeting early in the morning, twice a week and recording on a Tascam Porta-One cassette 4-track (a step up from the portable Walkmen recorder they used to capture their first experiments). The songs became less improvised/acoustic and more structured/electric, influenced by the new wave and post-punk they loved. They swapped off on drums and guitar, Lou played the bass and they shared vocals. The songs retained the free-wheeling absurdist edge of the Walkman recordings but coalescing into the songwriting 'band' that would go on to release 3 full length LPs and become known for their work on the KIDS soundtrack.
After completing a handful of 4-track songs they shortened the name to The Folk Implosion and compiled Walk Through This World (borrowing the title from a George Jones song) for release on the U.K. label , Chocolate Monk (1993). It maps their very rough, impulsive, lo-fi beginnings.
Walk Through This World was edited into a 7” vinyl e.p, and released on the Drunken Fish label in 1994. This version was transferred from the original copy of the cassette, all the chaos, all the hiss, clicks and glitches preserved.

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released September 11, 2021

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The Folk Implosion

The Folk Implosion is a duo - Lou Barlow and John Davis. The original run was from 1993 - 2000. Take A Look Inside, the Kids Soundtrack, Dare to Be Surprised, and One Part Lullaby were the albums, with stray singles along the way. They reunited in 2021, released a single in the spring of 2022, and are working on a full length album.

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