Ryley Walker immediately catches you off guard. He’s the kind of artist that can easily be compared to the Singer Songwriters of the Mid eighties, especially with his pastoral sounds and picking that’s reminiscent of Nick Drake, but there’s something undoubtably modern about him as well. Be it the meandering codas or the expertly weaving guitar, Walker is the kind of artist that forces you to listen from bar one.I’ve been hyping Ryley Walker’s ‘West Wind’ single for awhile. especially since the album release for the past few weeks now. Its a brackish and magical seven-inch that sits somewhere between Tim Buckley’s soaring reveries and Bert Jansch circa ‘LA Turnaround’”
The Fat Angel Sings 