"i love you"
The title track "i love you on the internet" from Melbourne based band Walt's just released debut album (March 12th, 2021) is so sad that upon hearing it, someone teetering on the edge might just make that jump from that bridge falling to their death in an ice cold waterway or someone else who is swirling into a dark place crying inside out, upon hearing it, might fall into a full blown, uncontrollable panic attack. Or maybe, maybe, that someone contemplating suicide (for the sixth time) might, upon hearing "i love you on the internet" revel in the sadness finding a commiserate solace because it is so, so fucking beautiful and maybe that one (other) person who is spinning out in a total collar clutching panic comeuppance will slowly laugh until they cry because "i love you on the internet" clicks between sadness and hope like a love lost metronome. Either way.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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melbourne-based dream pop enigma walt combines indie pop, post punk and psychedelic influences to create a surreal aural landscape
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Melbourne band Walt are set to release their debut album ‘i love you the internet’ on
12 March 2021. Their first full-length release combines influences from a diverse range of artists including The Beatles, Throwing Muses, Glorious Din and Elliott Smith.
The eight-track album follows the release of two lead singles in late 2020: album opener ‘lightfoot’, and the follow-up ‘anon. #11’, described by reviewers as an “enthralling psychedelic excursion”. The near-11 minute dream-pop ballad offered a glimpse of what to expect from the 42 minute debut LP.
Walt combines Sixties pop songwriting with a post-punk aesthetic, drawing on psychedelic, noise and avant-garde canons to treat song form. ‘i love you on the internet was written quite quickly,’ says Walt. ‘We sort set up a playground consisting of only a 1980s Casio synth and a drum machine, and the songs grew from there. I think the limitations really helped us focus on the songwriting and lyrical approach as the genesis of each song, and once we had those ideas it was a very quick and intuitive process.’
Written and recorded almost entirely in Walt’s home studio, ‘i love you on the internet’ sees the band eschew instrumental complexity for strong songwriting. The focus is on creating an all-encompassing sonic space that develops over the course of the album. Although each track holds up well, this is not a compilation of 8 tracks, rather a comprehensive and cohesive whole.
The album was mixed by Aden Senycia (Flower Drums, Munik, Nicholas Allbrook et al.) and mastered by William Bowden (Gotye, The Living End and our Kylie) with drums tracked by Jessica Bennett at Love Shack studios in Footscray.
‘i love you on the internet’ by Walt, out 12 March 2021.
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