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Patrick Walker of 40 Watt Sun & Warning Announces Solo Tour

We could probably sit and debate whether or not it makes sense for Patrick Walker — who recently released the LP Perfect Light (review here) with his main-these-days outfit 40 Watt Sun through Cappio Records and Svart Records — to embark on a solo tour, his first to my always fallible knowledge. Ultimately it’s moot, since the tour is happening this October, but it might be fun? For what it’s worth, I’m in Camp Yes on the question — which, again, doesn’t really exist — given the subdued intimacy of Perfect Light as a whole and Walker‘s performances as the album’s focal points anyway and the clear foundations in the songs of this-was-written-by-one-person-on-a-guitar that comes through despite the fleshed out arrangements in the ‘final’ versions.

It’s not intuitive — one’s brain automatically goes ‘band releases album, tours’ — but Walker has a long history of working against expectations in 40 Watt Sun and Warning, and his audience both knows that and respects him for it, so if this is what he feels is the right call, then it is. Like I said, it’s not really a question. Among his followers, Walker has long since earned that trust, and if a few other curious parties come aboard as well, so much the better.

Curious though how much of the discography might be in play here. Will Walker be reinterpreting Warning songs or stuff from the first two 40 Watt Sun releases? Is this/could it be if it goes well a beginning for a longer-term solo arc? Is there material he thinks of as specifically solo work, separate from either band?

These, I admit, sound like interview questions, and I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to Walker — maybe for the first 40 Watt Sun? that mid-‘aughts era is a blur for me thanks largely to my own solo work, with wine — so that might be fun, but in the meantime, here are the dates, should you happen to be in the neighborhood when he comes through:

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Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun) European solo tour dates, October 2022.

Thursday 06/10/2022 UK, Totnes – Totnes Cinema
Sunday 09/10/2022 PT, Porto – Amplifest
Sunday 16/10/2022 BE, Brussels – Witloof Bar | Botanique
Tuesday 18/10/2022 NL, Utrecht – Tivoli
Thursday 20/10/2022 DK, Copenhagen – Stengade
Friday 21/10/2022 DE, Berlin – Theater Expedition Metropolis
Saturday 22/10/2022 DE, Jena – KuBa
Sunday 23/10/2022 PL, Krakow – Alchemia
Monday 24/10/2022 PL, Warsaw – Hydrozagadka
Thursday 27/10/2022 DE, Dresden – Theaterruine St. Pauli
Friday 28/10/2022 DE, Hamburg – Nochtwache

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