Eulogies

With his voice dipped in reverb, Peter Walker gently reminds us of the pre-histrionic honesty of Elvis at Sun Studios. With Chris Reynolds' drums pulsating at his back and Tim Hutton's typewriter-like bass notes keeping things uncomplicated, Walker lays out his thirteen scenes. "We're all swimming in the bottles of our own accord," he intones in "Can't Relate". Elsewhere, in "Under The Knife", he confesses, "pleasure comes without control...I'm scared to love what death can touch." Another song, "Useless Amends" tells a lot in its title alone. As in his previous recordings, his new compositions, while not noticeably somber musically, are imbued with an underlying darkness.