David Grubbs & Ryley Walker - A Tap On The Shoulder

Released 19th November 2021.

You never know when that taps going to come. How about now? (Not for you to
decide.) Or exactly what it meansexcept in the aftermath.Mutual admiration society and David Grubbs and Ryley Walker had been taking notes onone anothers playing for some time before they hit the stage together on a couple ofblistering occasions immediately pre-pandemic. (One of these live sets was releasedearlier this year as Fight or Flight Simulator on Caf OTOs Takuroku label.)Studio sessions were clearly in the cards, and the result is A Tap on the Shoulder, acollection of duo performances that veers from crystalline instrumental compositions (ATap on the Shoulder, Accepting Most Plans, Dorothy Kept) to animated alienchatterfests (Leslie Steinberger), and from ecstatic extrapolations charging this way<