James Walker’s newest track ‘Weathered’ is the second single to be taken from his upcoming album ‘English Bones’, his first release since his debut EP ‘Modern Medicine’.
Walker explains: “It’s a song that comes from a wholly personal place, and I feel as though I would be disingenuous in not divulging the meaning behind the track. I was in a relationship with someone, and just as every good sad song goes, we fell apart. It was a toxic, mean, and truly horrible breakup, with a lot of name-calling, one-upping, and generally feeling like awful people. The dust settled, and about six months later, I (stupidly) decided to meet up with him again. We wanted to reconnect. We’d be chatting again via text, and to me it just felt right.
When we met back up, it was like our souls had shifted. I couldn’t see in him what I felt attracted to in the first place. His laugh sounded different, the colour of his hair seemed off. Was that tattoo there before? It just didn’t feel right; he seemed older, more tired, more weathered. But he swore that everything was good, that everything was going well. I couldn’t, and still can’t, pinpoint what was different, but there was something that made me realise I’d fallen out of love.
It’s been eighteen months since then, but there are occasions where I still think about some of the times we shared. It was nice. Was it worth the fallout, the self-loathing & the soul-searching? Definitely not. But hey, at least I got this song out of it.
‘English Bones’ is set for release on November 10th.
Alongside the release, he has also announced a string of tour dates throughout August and September across the UK and Europe:
August:
08/08 – 15/08 – Horizontoer (NL)
17/08 – Sofar Sounds, Oxford (UK)
18/08 – House Concert, Hemel Hempstead (UK)
19/08 – House Concert, Reading (UK)
20/08 – Unplugged by the Sea, Sheringham (UK)
21/08 – Three Minute Theatre, Manchester (UK)
23/08 – The Tasting House, Reading (UK)
24/08 – Caffeine & Cocktails, Reading (UK)
25/08 – House Concert, Goring Heath (UK)
29/08 – House Concert, Reading (UK)
30/08 – Latest Music Bar, Brighton (UK)
31/08 – The Library, Oxford (UK)
September:
01/09 – Schenkers, Apeldoorn (NL)
02/09 – House Concert, Hoofddorp (NL)
03/09 – Werk aan het Spoel, Culemborg (NL)
04/09 – House Concert, Haarlem (NL)
05/09 – De Nieuwe Anita PM, Amsterdam (NL)
07/09 – Club Move, Barneveld (NL)
08/09 – Tee de Cologne, Köln (DE)
09/09 – Cowhide House Concert, Frankfurt (DE)
10/09 – Xinix, Nieuwendijk (NL)
15/09 – House Concert, Dobl (AT)
16/09 – House Concert, Linz (AT)
18/09 – Tunnel, Vienna (AT)
19/09 – KaffeeWerk, Passau (DE)
20/09 – Frankfurt International School Auditorium, Frankfurt (DE)
21/09 – House Concert, Oberursel (DE)
22/09 – Proberaum B13, Leipzig (DE)
23/09 – House Concert, Berlin (DE)
26/09 – House Concert, Hamburg (DE)
27/09 – Tonfink, Lübeck (DE)
29/09 – Villa Basta, Hasselt (BE)
30/09 – House Concert, Wantage (UK)