Musician’s debut album released this week
A LOUGHBOROUGH born and bred musician has announced his debut album will be released this week.
Pianist and composer Simeon Walker is the brains behind Mono - a collection of nine recordings from the winter of 2016/17 that follow 2016’s Preface EP, released on Sweden’s 1631 recordings.
The album, which will be released November 24, is comprised of nine thoughtfully composed and beautifully performed songs written and recorded in Bramley, Leeds - where Simeon is now based.
Simeon, a professional musician and teacher, began to write and record his own instrumental music as several other projects and bands he was involved with began to slow down or take a break.
After tentatively releasing them on Soundcloud, the music quickly received a warm reception.
Simeon was embraced into a community of composers and fans alike with his music coming to the attention of Nils Frahm who included two tracks in his piano day playlists in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
The artwork for Mono has been created by acclaimed American artist Gregory Euclide, the artist behind the cover of Bon Iver’s Grammy award winning selftitled second record.
Euclide will also be hand making 20 limited edition record sleeves to celebrate the release.
Simeon said: “This album represents both the end of a long journey, and an exciting new beginning. The songs on this album were mostly written and recorded throughout the dark, bleak, winter months, and there is a coldness yet beckoning quality to the music, that I hope people will find intriguing and endearing; music to hunker down and hibernate to.”
Simeon will be returning to Loughborough in December to play two special shows. The venues will be kept a secret until closer to the event and all of the tickets are free.
For music, information and more, visit: www.simeonwalker.co.uk