“‘Are You Still Awake?’ is a dizzy love letter fever dream of sleepless nights – a conversation between the best and worst versions of yourself.” – Marion Walker
We’re pleased to bring you the premiere of Marion Walker’s music video for “Are You Still Awake?” (watch it below). The track is taken from the band’s full-length album 111EGAL SUNSH1NE, which is officially out today!
About the band:
Marion Walker is the Seattle/Reno-based rock ‘n’ roll art punk project of Jessie Marion Smith and Kyle Walker Akins. Smith is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and musician. Akins is a musician, sculptor, sound engineer, and filmmaker. Together they play as a band and make interdisciplinary video and performance work. Their music is a blend of psychedelic Rock’n’Roll and angular pop. It is a head-on collision between doomy, bleak worlds and fuzzed-out, technicolor tones.
111EGAL SUNSH1NE marks the 5 year anniversary of the band and to celebrate they created an 11-song LP alongside a suite of six dance/music videos. The videos were made in collaboration with Smith’s contemporary dance company, Dead Bird Movement.
111EGAL SUNSH1NE is an album driven by riffs and steered by vocal hooks. On this record, Marion Walker mixes proto-psych and post-punk, drum machine beats, and intertwining male/female vocals. 111EGAL SUNSH1NE is hedonistic, depraved, romantic, and raw – It is as if The Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, and Funkadelic had a baby and named the dogg Lucifur.
Tour Dates:
May 12 – Seattle, WA @ 9lb Hammer (Album Release!)
June 1 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic
June 2 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Gold Blood Collective
June 3 – Leadville, CO @ Scarlet Tavern
June 4 – Denver, CO @ The Hi-Dive
June 5 – Santa Fe, NM @ Rufina Taproom
June 6 – Albuquerque, NM @ Gold House
June 7 – Tempe, AZ @ Time Out Lounge
June 8 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Firecreek
June 9 – Long Beach, CA @ 4th Street Vine
June 10 – Long Beach, CA @ House Party
June 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Silverlake Lounge
June 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
June 13 – Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp
June 14 – Reno, NV @ 40 Mile Saloon
June 16 – Portland, OR @ House Party
June 22 – Seattle, WA @ Hollow Earth
Connect with the band:
Official Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
