Ryley Walker Unveils New Solo Track "Carrier," First Release on New Label

Earlier this month, Ryley Walker announced he joined electronic band Gift Horse to shred over their trippy synths. Their new record A Career In Architecture is on the way, but now the guitar virtuoso is sharing a new solo track called "Carrier," his first release on his new label home AD 93.

Walker shared these words about the new single:

> "Carrier" is a simple tune. Just digital distortion in PPOOLL/Max/MSP and a pitched-down loop of a failed guitar demo from my phone. Ditched years earlier. Totally broken, but refried and refurbished. I chipped away at it in my apartment downtown NYC after closing shifts at my service-industry gig. Clock-out jams. Great period of exhaustion. Despite how brutal it sounds, it truly felt like the easier, softer way of making a tune. I was thinking of people in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Wearing SpongeBob pajama pants to a funeral-type heads. I imagined them screaming behind the wheel of a salvage-title Honda Civic with a lift kit. They inspire me every day. I thought of Loren Connors. Thought of Kevin Drumm. Thought of Caspar Brötzmann. Smoked cigs inside.

The smoldering track comes with a video by Kendra Calhoun. Watch below.

_Originally reported by [Stereogum](https://stereogum.com/2512922/ryley-walker-carrier/music/)._