Big Walnuts Yonder is an indie rock album released in 2017 by the eponymous supergroup. Big Walnuts Yonder consists of bassist/vocalist Mike Watt from Minutemen, guitarist Nels Cline from Wilco, drummer Greg Saunier from Deerhoof, and guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos.[7]
| Big Walnuts Yonder | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | May 5, 2017[1] |
| Recorded | July 12–14, 2014[2] |
| Studio | Studio G Brooklyn[2][3] |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Length | 37:25[2] |
| Label | Sargent House |
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Spill Magazine |   [5] |
| Exclaim! |   [6] |
Production
editThe album was recorded in three days during the summer of 2014 in Brooklyn, New York City,[8] live with very limited overdubs[9] and produced by Tony Maimone.[10] Months later vocals were added with Reinhart handling seven and Watt performing two.[9] Watt provided most of material by sharing rough versions of his compositions, or "launchpads" as he calls them,[1] played on bass.[11] On these tracks guitar was added after Watt's basslines, something that initially intimidated Reinhart[12] but Cline was familiar with the method of composing having worked this way before with Watt on Contemplating the Engine Room.[12] Cline and Saunier each contributed a track of their own.[13]
Raymond Pettibon created the album art.[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Against All" | 02:18 |
| 2. | "Sponge Bath" | 03:51 |
| 3. | "Flare Star Phantom" | 08:48 |
| 4. | "I Got Marty Feldman Eyes" | 03:28 |
| 5. | "Raise the Drawbridges?" | 02:19 |
| 6. | "Ready to Pop!" | 02:36 |
| 7. | "Forgot to Brush" | 04:03 |
| 8. | "Rapid Driver Moon Inhaler" | 03:33 |
| 9. | "Pud" | 02:49 |
| 10. | "Heat Melter" | 03:40 |
Reception
editUnder the Radar's' Dustin Krcatovich's compared it to a "modern take on classic Beefheart" and praised the musicians ability to "combine weirdo prog-level precision and classic SST freakcore abandon"[14] The Spill Magazine's Ljubinko Zivkovic gave it three out of five stars and called it "a mixed bag with some stellar moments."[5] Justin Cober-Lake of Dusted praised the musicianship calling it "unsurprisingly unpredictable".[15] Scott A. Gray of Exclaim! found some of the tracks indulgent but ultimately found "the majority of Big Walnuts Yonder is fantastic."[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Rogers, Aaron (August 16, 2017). "A Collection of Accidents & Coincidences: Mike Watt, Big Walnuts Yonder, & the Minutemen". EarthQuaker Devices. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Big Walnuts Yonder". AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Rayburn, Dave (April 27, 2017). "big walnuts yonder: an exclusive q&a with mike watt". Discussions magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "Big Walnuts Yonder by Big Walnuts Yonder". Metacritic. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ a b Zivkovic, Ljubinko. "Spill Album Review: Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Gray, Scott A. (May 7, 2017). "Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ Pearce, Sheldon (March 1, 2017). "Minutemen, Wilco, Deerhoof Members Announce Album From New Band Big Walnuts Yonder". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Upcoming Releases - Big Walnuts Yonder". Punk Rock Theory. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Mike Watt and Big Walnuts Yonder Announce Debut Album, Premiere Single (LISTEN)". Bass Player. April 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "Big Walnuts Yonder - Sargent House". Sargent House. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Gluckin, Tzvi (August 31, 2017). "Big Walnuts Yonder: Let's Start a Proj". Premier Guitar. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Geslani, Michelle (February 28, 2017). "Members of Minutemen, Wilco, Deerhoof, and Tera Melos form new band called Big Walnuts Yonder". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ Kaye, Ben (May 1, 2017). "Big Walnuts Yonder (Minutemen, Wilco, Deerhoof, Tera Melos) share self-titled debut album: Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ Krcatovich, Dustin (May 2, 2017). "Big Walnuts Yonder Big Walnuts Yonder". Under the Radar. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ Cober-Lake, Justin (May 22, 2017). "Big Walnuts Yonder–Big Walnuts Yonder (Sargent House)". Dusted. Retrieved October 22, 2019.