Blog: Buzz Bands

It's been a long road for Tommy Walter, but the multi-instrumentalist (and co-founder of Eels) is on the brink of releasing his third album as Abandoned Pools . "Sublime Currency," due Aug. 28 on Tooth & Nail Records, follows 20052s "Armed to the Teeth" and 20012s "Humanistic," two releases that while critically well-received fell prone to the pratfalls of the music industry. In the years since, Walter has been busy as a side man, co-writer and producer for myriad artists — all duties well-suited to the songcraft on "Sublime Currency," a sublimely polished album that figures to not only [...]