Walking on Locusts

Rock · 1996 · 12 tracks

Walking on Locusts

A sophisticated blend of chamber strings, pedal steel, and art-pop sensibilities. Cale trades his signature menace for a warm, literate, and deeply moving reflection.

It's the warm, orchestral hug John Cale finally gave himself in the mid-nineties.

A dignified and melodic reflection on friendship and time, wrapped in sophisticated chamber arrangements.

Walking on Locusts · vs · John Cale

Autumn Walk+4.0σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks

01

Dancing Undercover

4:26

02

Set Me Free

4:12

03

So What

4:12

04

Crazy Egypt

3:28

05

So Much for Love

5:02

06

Tell Me Why

5:25

07

Indistinct Notion of Cool

2:45

08

Secret Corrida

6:03

09

Circus

4:03

10

Gatorville & Points East

3:00

11

Some Friends

4:07

12

Entre nous

3:42

Moments Worth Waiting For

The arrival of David Byrne's unmistakable guitar jitter on Crazy Egypt, injecting a nervous energy into the album's mid-section.

The heartbreakingly direct vocal delivery on Some Friends, where Cale addresses the ghost of Sterling Morrison over a bed of elegiac strings.

The way the pedal steel on Set Me Free creates a country-tinged melancholy that feels both alien and perfectly placed within the chamber-pop framework.

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