Peter Walker

Paul Walker invites us to join his perspective, the sights he’s seen and the emotions he has felt. Landed is a brief and to the point rock album with a sentimental edge.

Many of Walker’s songs talk about sitting alone, wondering and just being in the moment, which is what many of us do, just not in rock songs. Walker can be compared to Pete Yorn or Brendan Benson, although there is something sterner about Walker’s vocals. There are periods in the songs where you think Walker is really going to open up and croon, but he doesn’t, he just keeps it in and does a Billy Corgan screech.

In ‘I Came Around’, Walker shares with us an intimacy that all the other songs lack. The strongest song on the album is the last one, ‘Easy Road’ – Walker sings, “Don’t take the easy road, if you want something to last.”

Producer Joe Chiccarelli, who has worked with Frank Zappa and U2, collaborated with Walker’s ideas and concepts. His all-star band, guitarist/keyboardist Jay Bennet (Wilco), drummer Jay Waronker (R.E.M.) and bassist Justin Meldal Johnsen (Beck), helped make his “rock star” dream come true.

“I dreamed I went to Pluto / it was a long plan ride / we were kind of disappointed when nothing seemed right.”

We know what you mean Peter Walker. Oh, we know what you mean.