Acclaim & Media for the new album A LITTLE TOO LATE
“[Alan Walker's] hook infested, pop driven sound owes to Joe Jackson, and even earlier sounds from the 70s such as early Jackson Browne and pop-oriented English bands such as Squeeze on this sonically rich effort. It's as if we are transported back to the more innocent eras of growing up with FM radio. . . . Well-crafted and conceived, hooks abound, and you'll be returning to this one often for a mood lift as these melodies will linger for days on end.”
—Making a Scene: The Independent Music Magazine
“...the piano-driven songs of Mr. Walker . . . have a high degree of creativity that runs through his fingers. It's not country, or the blues, show tune-inspired or wholly rock. Its melodic allure is singer-songwriter ripe like Carole King. . . . That may be Walker's secret—his unfailing melodies. The musical seams don't show. With the Beatles-lite populist appeal of a song like 'Town Called Misery,' it has spirit, is creative & will easily find a path to one's ear.”
—Americana Highways, John Apice
“The largely piano-driven pieces explore such common themes as life, love, and loss, come complete with memorable musical hooks, and adroit lyrical lines within songs that, while oft'times inspired by others, are more refreshing than overly familiar.”
—Now Playing" by Will Phoenix
“This is great rootsy layered music of the highest quality with delicious Hammond B3 popping in and out, setting up a story of the one who had one too many at the cocktail bar, as he bemoans the loss of his 'only true love.' Or was it? It was a little bit of a blur as it all happened at the 'last call at the cocktail bar, I know it's getting late.'”
—Americana Highways, "Twist of Fate" Premiere, Melissa Clarke
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Previous press for Alan Walker and The Brilliant Mistakes
“Sparkling pop in the vein of Crowded House and Squeeze.”
—The Boston Globe
“Seriously mature pop; intelligent lyrics with depth, breadth and meaning, grown-up melodies and brilliantly conceived catchy choruses.”
—www.toxicpete.co.uk
“Well-crafted songs with a healthy twangy bent reminiscent of Neil Young, Teenage Fanclub, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Wilco and The Jayhawks.”
—powerofpop.com
“Pop songs for adult listeners, clothed in rich, yet not overdone, musical arrangements with a nod towards such classic bands as the Byrds, Squeeze and even the Jayhawks.”
—Maverick Magazine (UK)
“Alan Walker's voice reminds me of Karl Wallinger from World Party . . . terrific melodies and songs.”
—Aimsel Ponti, Portland Press Herald
