Walter Keyne Sparks a Fever Dream of Synths and Existential Dread in Alt Masterstroke ‘607 Boards’

With 607 Boards, the Sheffield-born lone wolf, Walter Keyne, drags you by the scruff of your neck into a reality where the Depeche Mode synth lines collide with Django Django’s off-kilter eccentricity and John Grant’s sardonic, no-holds-barred lyricism. In this analogue-laced alt oddity, the abstract partners with the Avant-Garde, pulling you deep into the shadows Keyne knows all too well – and reflecting the jagged edges of your psyche straight back at you, just refracted in ways you probably haven’t dared to confront before. Beneath the lo-fi production, a thread of delicious discomfort runs riot; 607 Boards takes the pain of terminal obscurity and spins it into a confession for anyone haunted by the shadows you cannot flick away. In a world that would rather see you wear a counterfeit smile than admit your disquiet, Keyne’s musings become both a mirror and a comfort. He’s not afraid to let the absurdity in, using hypotheses that border on the surreal, only to leave you questioning where his mind ends and yours begins. As a self-professed drifter, the mystery in Walter Keyne’s music is only matched by the mastery at play on his synths, piano, and guitar. It’s the soundtrack for outliers […]

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