Richard Walters

Singer/songwriter from Oxford, written over a three year period of ecstatic highs and crushing lows for Walters, he was galvanised to record the album only after he had fallen in love with an American girl and moved with her to Paris from his home town of Oxford. His gentle falsetto, free from theatrics and histrionics, means that the subjects of his songs come as a surprise. Singing about having a seizure, or the anxiety you feel at the start of an affair, or about domestic abuse from the point of view of the abuser, Walters resolutely refuses to "rock out": the mood is of quiet despair and unfulfilled desire, of anxiety and dismay, of melancholy and longing.
[...]Comparisons to the likes of Jeff Buckley or Thom Yorke are not entirely without foundation, as Walters is in possession of a voice that can break hearts within seconds. Pitched in a high register and shot through with an aching quality that few vocalists can pull off convincingly he is far from a wannabe emulator, and indeed, he uses his greatest asset to devastating effect throughout debut album.[...] (gigantic.com e musicomh.com).

The Animal - 2009



1. Brittle Bones
2. Weather Song
3. All At Sea
4. Crawl Up To My Room
5. We Have Your Head
6. The Animal
7. Red Brick
8. American Stitches
9. True Love Will Find You In The End
10. Spirit Of The Stairway

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