Walter TV - Carpe Diem (2017)

Weirdo pop band Walter TV were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2010 by a ragtag crew of Technicolor sound sculptors, Pierce McGarry, Joe McMurray, and Simon Ankenman. The bandmembers relocated to Montreal, where they moved into a house with Captured Tracks solo artist Mac DeMarco and a host of other ravenously creative musicians. In a new locale and immersed in a new creative community, Walter TV completed their first proper full-length, 2012's Appetite. They also quickly joined on as touring musicians for DeMarco's live band, backing him up along with Homeshake mastermind Peter Sagar. A busy touring schedule with DeMarco slowed down the creative process somewhat for Walter TV, but the members still worked on the project when they could. In 2014 Captured Tracks subsidiary label Sinderlyn Records issued a deluxe reissue of Appetite, which was initially only available as a cassette release. The band returned in 2015 with Blessed, a set of songs written and recorded in Montreal and on the road with DeMarco. Two years later in the summer of 2017, Walter TV issued their vibrant and slightly more introspective third long-player, Carpe Diem. ~ Fred Thomas