Walk Thru Me, by The Folk Implosion

Walk Thru Me

by The Folk Implosion

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1.	Crepuscular
2.	The Day You Died
3.	Walk Thru Me
4.	My Little Lamb
5.	Bobblehead Doll
6.	The Fable and the Fact
7.	Right Hand Over the Heart
8.	Water Torture
9.	O.K. to Disconnect
10.	Moonlit Kind 04:31	buy track

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“How the fuck are we going to turn this into a song?” That’s the question Lou Barlow and John Davis have asked themselves since co-founding the Folk Implosion in the early 1990s. Beginning with improvised jams featuring Barlow on bass and Davis on drums, the duo develop their beat-driven pop collages from the ground up. It’s the process they used on their debut cassette, Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion, and one they’ve returned to 30 years later on their spellbinding, self-referencing reunion, Walk Thru Me.

Separated from their homes in Massachusetts and North Carolina, Barlow and Davis collaborated remotely, flashing back to their early friendship as penpals. A sweaty bass and drums session went down in Barlow’s attic, before they booked studio time with producer Scott Solter (St. Vincent, Spoon, The Mountain Goats).

Contrasts and comparisons are the keys to unlocking Walk Thru Me, and the Folk Implosion as a whole. Beyond the audible differences between Barlow’s soft voice and Davis’s urgent, reedy proclamations, their approaches to songwriting are strikingly distinct. While Barlow approached his lyrics from a protective paternal perspective (“My Little Lamb”), Davis paid tribute to his late father, shining a light on their complicated relationship (“The Day You Died”).

Finally, Davis’s Persian music studies in weekly Zoom lessons inspired him to integrate traditional Middle Eastern instruments such as the setar, oud, saz, and tombak.

“Because we’re so separate, part of this album is me desperately trying to telepathically communicate to John and Scott, who are 700 miles away from me,” Barlow concludes. “A big part of what I consider to be the Folk Implosion is taking disparate things and turning them into pop.”

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releases June 28, 2024

The Folk Implosion is John Davis and Lou Barlow

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Scott Solter

Mastered by Stefan Betke

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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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