Butch Walker built his reputation with hard-hitting, self-produced rock albums marked by a bright, polished sound. When he set out to make Afraid Of Ghosts, an LP partially inspired by the death of his father, he decided to forget about perfection and aim for a more visceral, acoustic feel. The songs on Afraid Of Ghosts were written over the course of a year, then recorded with Ryan Adams and his band in a four-day burst of creativity. It’s the first time Walker worked with an outside producer. Walker will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on him.
Walker: For god sakes, I don’t know what life would be for the busy man/woman without it. “Prime member” that shit while you’re at it. Everything I am writing about can be bought on Amazon; that is some crazy shit. Is it weird that every time I say the word “Amazon,” I have to sing, “amazon amazon mah zon dot com … amazon amazon mah zon dot com … ” to the tune of that random African vocal lick at the end of “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” by Michael Jackson? That dude was a monster badass.
Video after the jump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHoNQrxG_8M
