Hamilton Leithauser talks risk of recent Walkmen music
The Walkmen‘s lead singer Hamilton Leithauser has mentioned the band’s reunion for the primary time.
Final month, the band introduced they had been coming again collectively for his or her first stay performances since 2014 at New York’s Webster Corridor on April 26 and 27.
Now, Leithauser has gone into some extra element concerning the reunion in an interview with Vulture, together with the query of whether or not or not there may be new music to come back from the post-punk revivalists.
“We haven’t mentioned that. I’m engaged on a lot stuff. I don’t see that occuring proper now,” he mentioned. “I wouldn’t be towards it sooner or later — I actually love writing with these guys. Possibly after we play collectively we’ll be serious about that, however not proper now.
“We’re not going to show into the Pixies or one thing like that. No person desires to do this. We simply wished to do what was enjoyable. We used to do that as a result of we wanted the cash, and it’s important to get out and hold the engine operating, so that you say sure to belongings you perhaps shouldn’t have. Now we simply don’t have to. We’re doing solely the stuff we wish to do, and that’s a fantastic feeling.
Leithauser additionally mentioned that he’s not seen any of his bandmates in particular person since deciding to reunite, so evidently, rehearsals for his or her Webster Corridor reveals haven’t but began. “The humorous half goes to be when everyone refuses to rehearse, which I do know goes to occur — it’s probably the most Walkmen factor on the earth.”
He did, nonetheless, reveal he’s engaged on a brand new solo album. “I assumed I completed it after which I stepped away to work on a documentary and I realised I wasn’t achieved,” he mentioned.
He additionally continued: “The factor I’m enthusiastic about is the massive loud rock and roll I assumed we did very well, which was the stuff I additionally received probably the most bored with doing. All electrical guitars. I’ve songs like ‘A 1000 Occasions’, which takes as a lot vitality as singing one thing like ‘The Rat’ but it surely’s deliberately acoustic.
“I don’t have that massive energy instrument. To play with Paul and Matt and Walt and Pete, it turns into this wall, this drive. They’re nice musicians. We did work for a really very long time to provide you with that sound. You might prefer it, chances are you’ll not prefer it, however you actually do comprehend it’s us when it comes on.”
The Walkmen teased their reunion earlier this month, sharing a video on social media that featured archival footage of them performing their signature track, ‘The Rat’.
Bassist Peter Bauer introduced The Walkmen’s hiatus in November of 2013, with the band enjoying a farewell present in Philadelphia the next month. “Now we have no future plans in anyway,” he mentioned on the time. They carried out for the final time earlier than their hiatus in February 2014, with a present in New Orleans.