"Dozens of crews with ad hoc explosives and a beer in hand make for a blitzkrieg celebration forever my favorite part of summer in the city." "Fourth of July in Pilsen is the height of summer in Chicago," Walker says. So, when deciding where to shoot the video for "The Roundabout" with director Joe Martinez Jr., it's no surprise that Walker chose a uniquely Chicago locale: the Independence Day celebration in the West Side neighborhood of Pilsen. Recorded in Walker's adopted hometown of Chicago after a grueling year on the road, the album is entwined with the Windy City. Golden Sings That Have Been Sung is a homecoming album of sorts. Jovial new fathers-to-be, generous types who can't afford to buy a round, patrons who lament the diminishing returns of a $10 lotto ticket - you can find them all in "The Roundabout." One part Galileo and one part Charles Bukowski, the characters in Walker's song revolve like celestial bodies around a neighborhood dive bar. C F B E Chords for Ryley Walker: The Roundabout - Live Music RN with song key, BPM, capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin. The result is a lovely summertime canvas that allows Walker to captivate the listener with sparse but vivid lyrics. The lyrics are mysterious and poetic with lines such as, If I could squeeze cents to pounds/Conversion rates buried in sound. Walker's virtuosic guitar work is muted on this track, joined by subtle but bubbly piano and keys under the direction of producer and former Wilco multi-instrumentalist LeRoy Bach. Genres: Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic Folk. Released 19 August 2016 on Dead Oceans (catalog no. Warren Ellis, Noura Mi Tinariwen 1:40 am. Willie Nelson Tami Neilson 1:35 am - Zawal (feat.
Ryley Walker, Golden Sings That Have Been Sung (Courtesy of the artist ) Golden Sings That Have Been Sung, an Album by Ryley Walker. 1:15 am - The Roundabout Ryley Walker Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Dead Ocean 1:19 am - The Song That Made Hank Williams Da Peter Rowan 1:23 am - Undone In Sorrow Crooked Still 1:26 am - Gabou Ni Tie Vieux Farka Tour 1:32 am - Beyond the Stars (ft. "It's also a tavern," Walker adds - perhaps in an effort to reign in the heavy cosmological metaphor hidden inside the lyrics of "The Roundabout," the second track released from his forthcoming album Golden Sings That Have Been Sung. According to Ryley Walker, "the roundabout is the beginning and end of the universe.