{"product_id":"barry-jr-walker-shoulda-zenith","title":"Barry Jr. Walker: Shoulda Zenith - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShoulda Zenith\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eBarry Jr. Walker\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eHoly Mountain\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e655035600017\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2020-11-13\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         The sky goes on forever in Barry Walker Jr.'s Shoulda Zenith, and it's crackling with unexpected lightning. The Tennessee-bred, Portland-based pedal steel master subverts his instrument's tradition for lachrymose, innocuous Rootzak™. Instead, he ventures to outward-bound strata more frequently traversed by Sonny Sharrock than Gram Parsons. \"So often, the pedal steel is used as a textural flavor,\" Walker says, \"but it really can breathe fire itself.\" Evidence for that claim abounds on Shoulda Zenith. Sprouting out of the strategies Walker used on his 2012 LP of Henry Flynt and Paul Metzger-like fiddle aberrations, Banjo Knife, the music on Zenith goes on similar extravagant tangents-but with pedal steel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Totally Tan \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Derr of the Schwann (Break of the Dawn) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Shoulda Zenith \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Mud Crack Gallop \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Insect Interlude (Circa the Airbase) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Up the Fan, Into the Keyhole \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Trinity Payload \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Easy, As the Phainopepla \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Like a Prisoner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/159366677\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Barry Jr. Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32604564848711,"sku":"40972213","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3865758-2610794.jpg?v=1711721741","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/barry-jr-walker-shoulda-zenith","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}