FOR FANS OF: Peter Green, Elliott Smith, Bonnie Prince Billy, Teenage Fanclub, The Kinks

“The songs are deliciously quirky and evocative - so refreshing. I love it!” 
Mary Hopkin

“… he’s been making his own solo album of sublime lysergic folk reveries. I fell hard for this last night & perhaps you might too“ 
Pete Paphides

“… a magical piece of work“ 
Louder Than War

“… not one of the songs on this record outstay their welcome. Instead they fill the room (your headphones) with warmth, hope and humility”
link2wales

My name is Adam Walton. I’m from Mold in north Wales. 

‘Cornelian’ is the final single release from my current album ‘Afal’.

I’ve been moved hugely by the response to ‘Afal’ since its release at the end of April. The album hasn’t sold in large numbers and the streaming figures are literally humbling, but the emails, messages, reviews and conversations have shown me that ‘Afal’ is being appreciated by people all over the world and that the songs haven’t fallen on stony ground.

That means the world to me and it’s more than I could have hoped for or anticipated.

A sincere thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble to listen.

The emails, messages and conversations mentioned above have almost all mentioned ‘Cornelian’ as being the quiet heart of ‘Afal’. That was very much the case for me, too. I don’t know what the song is about specifically. It’s a sadness and an empathy, a hand in the darkness… something like that.

The title song is accompanied by a B-side exclusive to this release. ‘Amethyst’ is musically inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s founder and original genius, Peter Green. He’s the most lyrical and evocative guitarist of his era, to my ears and heart. The instrumental in the middle of the song is very much a tribute to Green. I hope he’s listening somewhere and nodding with approval.

The single release also features two new impressionistic instrumental sketches.

These snapshots were intended to bring a variety of moods and textures to the album, outside of the more traditional folkish acoustic timbres of the songs themselves.

I will be releasing an album of previously unused instrumentals in due course. 

Thank you for listening / diolch am wrando.

The single is available now via all the usual streaming / download outlets.

Vinyl copies of ‘Afal’ are available as a limited edition black vinyl LP (300 copies) from bandcamp.
https://theimmediate.bandcamp.com/album/afal

All songs ©2022 written by Adam Walton (Copyright Control) 

Recorded and produced by me at home.

Artwork by the very wonderful Jon Mlynarski / SafariArt
http://instagram.com/jon__safari

Live Dates
09.07.22 B-Fest, Caerwys 
17.07.22 Orange Aid, Llandudno
23.07.22 Llangollen Fringe, Gale’s Marquee
07.08.22 Storyhouse Outdoors, Grosvenor Park, Chester
28.08.22 Loud & Local Festival, Alexander’s, Chester
03.09.22 Well Inn Music Festival, Holywell
14.10.22 Cwrw, Carmarthen
28.10.22 Cwtch Festival, St David’s Pembrokeshire

For bookings, please mail: mradamwalton@googlemail.com

Adam Walton - Cornelian E.P

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1 - Adam Walton - #28

FOR FANS OF: Peter Green, Elliott Smith, Bonnie Prince Billy, Teenage Fanclub, The Kinks

“The songs are deliciously quirky and evocative - so refreshing. I love it!” 
Mary Hopkin

“… he’s been making his own solo album of sublime lysergic folk reveries. I fell hard for this last night & perhaps you might too“ 
Pete Paphides

“… a magical piece of work“ 
Louder Than War

“… not one of the songs on this record outstay their welcome. Instead they fill the room (your headphones) with warmth, hope and humility”
link2wales

My name is Adam Walton. I’m from Mold in north Wales. 

‘Cornelian’ is the final single release from my current album ‘Afal’.

I’ve been moved hugely by the response to ‘Afal’ since its release at the end of April. The album hasn’t sold in large numbers and the streaming figures are literally humbling, but the emails, messages, reviews and conversations have shown me that ‘Afal’ is being appreciated by people all over the world and that the songs haven’t fallen on stony ground.

That means the world to me and it’s more than I could have hoped for or anticipated.

A sincere thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble to listen.

The emails, messages and conversations mentioned above have almost all mentioned ‘Cornelian’ as being the quiet heart of ‘Afal’. That was very much the case for me, too. I don’t know what the song is about specifically. It’s a sadness and an empathy, a hand in the darkness… something like that.

The title song is accompanied by a B-side exclusive to this release. ‘Amethyst’ is musically inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s founder and original genius, Peter Green. He’s the most lyrical and evocative guitarist of his era, to my ears and heart. The instrumental in the middle of the song is very much a tribute to Green. I hope he’s listening somewhere and nodding with approval.

The single release also features two new impressionistic instrumental sketches.

These snapshots were intended to bring a variety of moods and textures to the album, outside of the more traditional folkish acoustic timbres of the songs themselves.

I will be releasing an album of previously unused instrumentals in due course. 

Thank you for listening / diolch am wrando.

The single is available now via all the usual streaming / download outlets.

Vinyl copies of ‘Afal’ are available as a limited edition black vinyl LP (300 copies) from bandcamp.
https://theimmediate.bandcamp.com/album/afal

All songs ©2022 written by Adam Walton (Copyright Control) 

Recorded and produced by me at home.

Artwork by the very wonderful Jon Mlynarski / SafariArt
http://instagram.com/jon__safari

Live Dates
09.07.22 B-Fest, Caerwys 
17.07.22 Orange Aid, Llandudno
23.07.22 Llangollen Fringe, Gale’s Marquee
24.07.22 The Big Splash, Le Pub, Newport
07.08.22 Storyhouse Outdoors, Grosvenor Park, Chester
28.08.22 Loud & Local Festival, Alexander’s, Chester
03.09.22 Well Inn Music Festival, Holywell
14.10.22 Cwrw, Carmarthen
28.10.22 Cwtch Festival, St David’s Pembrokeshire
28.11.22 Future Sound, Pontardawe Arts Centre

For bookings, please mail: mradamwalton@googlemail.com

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4 - Adam Walton - #29

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The Immediate are a three-piece indie, power pop band from Mold in north Wales.

We release our Mold EP on Friday 3rd March 2017. The EP will be available to buy on limited edition CD and digitally via bandcamp / iTunes etc.

Mold features 4 brand new recordings, 3 of which are exclusive to the EP.

Lead track, What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?, is a song about some of the kids we went to the Alun School with, who weren’t as fortunate as us and didn’t make it into their 30’s. 

Light Dimensions is the first song we wrote when we reconvened after a long hiatus.

Manbuoy is the title track of our forthcoming debut album, however it does not feature on the album itself. It’s a mostly spoken-word piece that exaggerates all of its writer’s worst qualities.

Mold was recorded at Orange Sound Studios in Penmaenmawr, North Wales by Russ Hayes, who has worked on recordings by Peaness, Campfire Social, Kidsmoke, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Billy Bibby and the Wry Smiles.

The sleeve design was done by Paul Maurice from Wrexham. It’s a detail of Shire Hall, the brutalist former seat of Flintshire County Council that sits on a hill, above Mold town centre.

The Mold EP will be launched at a hometown gig at Theatr Clwyd, Mold on Friday, 3rd. March. We’ll be joined by our friends Campfire Social and Skellums. Tickets are £7 and available here:

https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/headliner-rock-night/

Mold EP tracklisting (r/d 3rd March 2017):

1.	What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?
2.	Light Dimensions
3.	Tremble
4.	Manbuoy

If you have any further enquiries, please contact:

theimmediateband@gmail.com

http://facebook.com/theimmediate
http://twitter.com/the_immediate

There is a YouTube video telling the story of the band so far, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtERsE3ihDg

We originally split in 1997 due to frustration, an argument over a mouth organ and the success of Stereophonics.

We released one single (unaccountably popular in Sweden), made every conceivable mistake in the How To Be A Successful Indie Band handbook, toured with some excellent bands (Mansun, 60ft Dolls, Dodgy) and flickered out, leaving behind the memory of some great gigs, a few fine songs, and little else.

In March 2016, we reconvened to repair friendships and renew tinnitus. New songs came much more easily than the old ones, probably because we are playing to please only ourselves - with no thoughts of success or acclaim - for the first time in our existence.

There is more truth and resonance in our songs now than ever before. And power. And invention. We write songs about hope and love in the face of the moribund, daily grind. 

You will possibly hear fragments and echoes of the following artists in our sound (The Jam, Wire, XTC, Pixies, Badfinger, REM, Dr Feelgood, Small Faces, Husker Du, The Who, Ride, Big Star, The Cure, Joy Formidable, The Go-Betweens, Teenage Fanclub), but nothing has been plagiarised or misappropriated to mask a deficiency of our own ideas.

Adam Walton - Cornelian E.P

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