Dallas country singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker announced today he’ll release his second concept album in a four-month span.
Stuff, due out Oct. 17, is a 10-song collection, with each tune written from the perspective of an inanimate object at an estate sale. “Sold out on the lawn, worn well but not tattered, we’re what gets left behind,” Walker sings on the title track.
“This song is a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and an introduction to my most ambitious concept record to date,” he said in a statement, adding that Stuff marks a stylistic shift toward a stripped-down sound inspired by Bon Iver, the Postal Service and other bands he’s loved for years.
In June, Walker released Tropicana, a concept album about a mythical beachside hotel he imagined during the toughest days of his battle with cancer. Like Tropicana, the singer wrote and began recording the songs on Stuff with producer John Pedigo while getting chemotherapy for Stage 3 colon cancer.
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In October, he announced on social media that doctors could no longer detect the cancer: “I’m ecstatic … for now, my life is not in imminent danger.”
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Friday night, Walker performs at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on a multi-act bill featuring Vince Gill. This fall, he’ll hit the road for a 24-show tour opening for Molly Tuttle. He’ll also headline a homecoming concert at the State Fair of Texas on Oct. 6.
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