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Jul 27, 2016 By Christopher Roberts Ryley Walker

Ryley Walker is releasing a new album, Golden Sings That Have Been Sung, on August 19 via Dead Oceans. Previously he shared its first two singles, “The Halfwit in Me” and “The Roundabout.” Now “The Roundabout” has a video. Joe Martinez Jr. directed the clip, which features Walker wandering around the Pilsen area of Chicago on the Fourth of July. Watch below.

Walker had this to say about the video in a press release: “Fourth of July in Pilsen is the height of summer in Chicago. Dozens of crews with ad hoc explosives and a beer in hand make for a blitzkrieg celebration. I lived at 21st/Leavitt some years back and got to know this evening first hand very well. Forever my favorite part of summer in the city. This video hopefully captures a few of those moments of joy from the people involved.”

Golden Sings That Have Been Sung is the follow-up to 2015’s Primrose Green, an album that garnered the singer/songwriter/guitarist a slightly larger audience and more critical acclaim. The album was recorded in Chicago over the 2015 Christmas break and was produced by sometime Wilco multi-instrumentalist LeRoy Bach. “It was everything I wanted it to be,” Walker says of the sessions in a press release. “I would go to LeRoy’s house every other day with a riff, and we would take it from there.”

Read our 2015 Artist Survey interview with Walker.

Ryley Walker Tour Dates:

July:

29th UK Cornwall, Port Eliot festival

August:

2nd UK Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club
3rd UK Nottingham, Glee Club
4th UK Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre
5th UK Hastings, St Mary’s in the Castle
6th UK London, Caught by the River Thames
8th UK Cardiff, The Globe #
9th UK Leamingdon Spa, Zephyr Lounge #
10th UK York, The Crescent #
12th UK Guildford, St. Mary’s #
16th SE Malmofest, Malmo
18th PT Praia do Tabuao, Parades de Coura
19th UK London, Rough Trade East instore
20th UK Brecon Beacons, Green Man festival
25th US Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle

September:

10th MX Mexico City, Foro Indie Rocks
14th US Bloomington, IN, The Bishop +
15th US Nashville, TN, The East End +
16th US Bristol, VA, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
17th US Bristol, VA, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
18th US Bristol, VA, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
21st US Sonoma, CA, Gundlach Bundschu Winery &
24th CA Pop Montreal Festival @
25th CA Toronto, ON, The Drake @
26th US Pittsburgh, PA, Club Cafe @
27th US Columbus, OH, Wexner Center @ Ohio State @
29th US Madison, WI, The Frequency @
30th US Minneapolis, MN, 7th Street Entry @

October:

1st US Davenport, IA, Daytrotter @
2nd US Omaha, NE, Reverb Lounge @
4th US Salt Lake CIty, UT, Kilby Court
5th US Boise, ID, Neurolox
7th CA Vancouver, BC, The Fox Cabaret
8th US Seattle, WA, Barboza
9th US Portland, OR, Mississippi Studios
11th US Felton, CA, Don Quiotxe Music Hall
12th US San Francisco, CA, The Chapel
14th US San Diego, CA, Soda Bar
15th US Joshua Tree, CA, Desert Daze Festival
16th US Joshua Tree, CA, Desert Daze Festival
16th US Phoenix, AZ, Valley Bar
17th US Santa Fe, NM, Meow Wolf
19th US Denton, TX, Dan’s Silverleaf
20th US Austin, TX, The Mohawk
22nd US Tallahasee, FL, The Wolf Den
24th US Athens, GA, Calendonia Lounge
25th US Asheville, NC, The Mothlight
26th US Washington, DC, DC9
27th US Philadelphia, PA, Boot & Saddle
28th US Hudson, NY, The Half Moon
29th US Northampton, MA, Iron Horse Music Hall
30th US Providence, RI, ColumbusTheatre

November:

1st US Boston, MA, Cafe 939
2nd US New Haven, CT, BAR
3rd US Brooklyn, NY, The Market Hotel
7th NL Amsterdam, Paradiso Noord
8th NL Groningen, Vera
9th FR Paris, Espace B
10th BE Brussels, AB Club
11th BE Bruge, Cactus
12th NL Utrecht, Le Guess Who? festival
13th UK Brighton, The Haunt
14th UK Manchester, Ruby Lounge
15th UK Glasgow, Broadcast
17th UK London, Islington Assembly Hall
20th ES Barcelona, Sidecar
21st ES Valencia, Loco Club
22nd ES Cadiz, Aulario de la Bomba
23rd ES Madrid, Siroco
26th FR Lyon, Le Sonic
29th CH Lausanne, Le Bourg
30th DE Schorndorf, Manufaktur

December:

1st DE Erlangen, E-Werk
2nd DE Berlin, Kantine am Berghain
4th NO Oslo, John Dee
5th SE Stockholm, Bryggarsalen
6th DK Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
7th DE Hamburg, Nochtspeicher

^ with Blonde Redhead (Ryley and band)
* with Destroyer (Ryley solo)
# Ryley solo show
+ Promise Land Sound
@ Circuit des Yeux
& with Iron & Wine