Scott Walker: "The Drift" ('06)

There's something about singer-songwriter's with a story that's always got me. I feel like a wide-eyed child sitting cross-legged in front of an old bard and lyre-player, recalling tales and inducing fear, laughter, and emotion into the heart of each one of us. Leonard Cohen's rugged, hard voice can make each word feel like a stab wound to the throat or a lover's kiss. Nick Cave's crazy rollicking roller-coaster of a voice can get across a feeling of traveling somewhere on a journey alongside him (The exact reason why The Proposition was so incredible).
But none have as ambitious of a sound as Scott Walker. His primary focus is telling you a story, and his medium of art is his own beautiful and vulnerable voice. Sections of the song will have subdued, quieted music playing softly, so that his voice is pronounced even louder. The Drift is Scott's story-song style taken to new heights, with the whole album being essentially a story. Even if you don't pay attention, the feelings that he runs through you are enough to at least be entertained. I can't stop listening once it starts, and the thought of changing the album before it's over sounds too jarring. If you can't tell already, my love for this album & Scott Walker is deep, and anyone with ears should give it a chance. It has a few frightening parts, but what would a story be without conflict?

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