My feature on The Walkmen
Check out my feature on New York/DC’s garage-pop darlings The Walkmen. Thanks to organist Pete Bauer for the interview.
Leithauser’s heartbreaking, nostalgia-fueled lyrics translate precisely what the moody, surf-inflected guitars and rich organs were trying to tell us all along: Life as an adult, punctuated with sharp moments of beauty and meaningfulness, never suddenly snaps into clear focus, but rather slowly materializes all around you, lurching forward whether you like it or not. “Back to school, back to work / Can this go on forever?” Leithauser sings in “Angela Surf City.” “Angela, what’s the difference? / Life goes on all around you.”
