The Walkabouts was an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1984 by Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson. Other members have been Michael Wells, Glenn Slater and Terri Moeller. The Walkabouts disbanded in 2015. Although the Walkabouts started in Seattle, US their main base of popularity was Europe. Their blend of folk idioms and noisy experimental rock has won them lots of devoted fans; however, even with twelve studio albums and another 15 EPs, live albums and compilations released, they still remain below the radar of the public at large. Read more on Last.fm
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Auch wenn seit ihrem letzten Album ganze sechs Jahre vergangen sind, hat sich bei den Walkabouts scheinbar wenig verändert – oder vielleicht doch, weil sie sich nach ihrem wütenden Rockalbum “Acetylene” wieder auf frühere Zeiten zurückbesinnen und gemächliche Balladen und folkigen Rock in den Mittelpunkt stellen. Die eindringlichen, sehnsuchtsvollen Songs sind abwechslungsreich instrumentiert, mitunter auch elektrisch verstärkt, aber nie überdosiert. Ein starkes, wunderschönes Album einer Band im bereits dritten Jahrzehnt ihres Schaffens.