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PRESS RELEASE: 

ROBERT RANKIN WALKER 
THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN 

Engineered & Produced by Craig Randall (Craig Randall Music)
Once finished, stream the album or get the CD at: www.heyday.com

In reference to his album THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, veteran record and concert producer ROBERT RANKIN WALKER has been asked this question a lot lately, “Why Now?”  Why after so many years is he recording an album? 

“I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some of the best in the business for many years now but every time I’ve had the least bit of inspiration for my own music, I would write a song or two and then never record them. Most songs I just let die on the vine.” 

In 2018, out of nowhere, Robert had a sudden desire to write again. “I’d been listening a lot to artists such as Ben Harper, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ryan Adams, City And Colour, and Roxy Music. I decided I wanted to write an album that was nothing like any of my previous work. Something lyrically challenging, meaningful and more grounded. I wrote several songs back to back and revisited some other songs that I had once jotted down or had made iPhone recordings of.”

He continues; “The more I played the new songs, the more interested I became in recording a concept album that told a story. So I changed direction.  Every song on this album ties into one another one to tell a story. I picked a couple obscure covers to weave in and dropped the older songs altogether."

The resulting THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, explores the complex nature of unreciprocated love, loss, pain, guilt, mis-understandings and ultimately, redemption. The longing for more than this in an often confusing, conflicted world. 

Having already lived what seems like several lifetimes, ROBERT RANKIN WALKER says on the album, he can “toss a few.”  His album, THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN is available on streaming services such as: Spotify, Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Google Music, Amazon Music, Napster, Pandora and YouTube as well as on physical CD with expanded artwork and liner notes. 

Details and to order the album go to: www.heyday.com

The Sun Machine Is Coming Down

ROBERT RANKIN WALKER 
WHISPER ME AWAY

The second track from the concept album: THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN.  

In reference to his new album THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, veteran record and concert producer ROBERT RANKIN WALKER has been asked this question a lot lately, “Why Now?”  Why after so many years is he recording an album?

“I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some of the best in the business for many years now but every time I’ve had the least bit of inspiration for my own music, I would write a song or two and then never record them. Most songs I just let die on the vine.”

In 2018, out of nowhere, Robert had a sudden desire to write again. “I’d been listening a lot to artists such as Ben Harper, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ryan Adams, City And Colour, and Roxy Music. I decided I wanted to write an album that was nothing like any of my previous work. Something lyrically challenging, meaningful and more grounded. I wrote several songs back to back and revisited some other songs that I had once jotted down or had made iPhone recordings of.”

He continues; “The more I played the new songs, the more interested I became in recording a concept album that told a story. So I changed direction. Every song on this album ties into one another one to tell a story. I picked a couple obscure covers to weave in and dropped the older songs altogether."

The resulting THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, explores the complex nature of unreciprocated love, loss, pain, guilt, miscommunication and ultimately, redemption. The longing for more than this in an often confusing, conflicted world.

Having already lived what seems like several lifetimes, ROBERT RANKIN WALKER says on the album, he can “toss a few.” His new album, THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN is due out late Fall 2018 and will be available on streaming services such as: Spotify, Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Google Music, Amazon Music, Napster, Pandora and YouTube as well as on physical CD with expanded artwork and liner notes.

Details and to order the album go to: www.heyday.com

Whisper Me Away (Single) From the album: The Sun Machine Is Coming Down

PRESS RELEASE:

ROBERT RANKIN WALKER 
THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN

Engineered & Produced by Craig Randall (Craig Randall Music)
Stream the album or get the CD at: www.heyday.com

In reference to his album THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, veteran record and concert producer ROBERT RANKIN WALKER has been asked this question a lot lately, “Why Now?”  Why after so many years is he recording an album?

“I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some of the best in the business for many years now but every time I’ve had the least bit of inspiration for my own music, I would write a song or two and then never record them. Most songs I just let die on the vine.”

In 2018, out of nowhere, Robert had a sudden desire to write again. “I’d been listening a lot to artists such as Ben Harper, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ryan Adams, City And Colour, and Roxy Music. I decided I wanted to write an album that was nothing like any of my previous work. Something lyrically challenging, meaningful and more grounded. I wrote several songs back to back and revisited some other songs that I had once jotted down or had made iPhone recordings of.”

He continues; “The more I played the new songs, the more interested I became in recording a concept album that told a story. So I changed direction. Every song on this album ties into one another one to tell a story. I picked a couple obscure covers to weave in and dropped the older songs altogether."

The resulting THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, explores the complex nature of unreciprocated love, loss, pain, guilt, mis-understandings and ultimately, redemption. The longing for more than this in an often confusing, conflicted world.

Having already lived what seems like several lifetimes, ROBERT RANKIN WALKER says on the album, he can “toss a few.” His album, THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN is available on streaming services such as: Spotify, Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Google Music, Amazon Music, Napster, Pandora and YouTube as well as on physical CD with expanded artwork and liner notes.

Details and to order the album go to: www.heyday.com

GUILT FOR DREAMING

PRESS RELEASE:

ROBERT RANKIN WALKER 
THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN

Engineered & Produced by Craig Randall (Craig Randall Music)
Once finished, stream the album or get the CD at: www.heyday.com

In reference to his album THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, veteran record and concert producer ROBERT RANKIN WALKER has been asked this question a lot lately, “Why Now?”  Why after so many years is he recording an album?

“I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some of the best in the business for many years now but every time I’ve had the least bit of inspiration for my own music, I would write a song or two and then never record them. Most songs I just let die on the vine.”

In 2018, out of nowhere, Robert had a sudden desire to write again. “I’d been listening a lot to artists such as Ben Harper, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ryan Adams, City And Colour, and Roxy Music. I decided I wanted to write an album that was nothing like any of my previous work. Something lyrically challenging, meaningful and more grounded. I wrote several songs back to back and revisited some other songs that I had once jotted down or had made iPhone recordings of.”

He continues; “The more I played the new songs, the more interested I became in recording a concept album that told a story. So I changed direction. Every song on this album ties into one another one to tell a story. I picked a couple obscure covers to weave in and dropped the older songs altogether."

The resulting THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, explores the complex nature of unreciprocated love, loss, pain, guilt, mis-understandings and ultimately, redemption. The longing for more than this in an often confusing, conflicted world.

Having already lived what seems like several lifetimes, ROBERT RANKIN WALKER says on the album, he can “toss a few.” His album, THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN is available on streaming services such as: Spotify, Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Google Music, Amazon Music, Napster, Pandora and YouTube as well as on physical CD with expanded artwork and liner notes.

Details and to order the album go to: www.heyday.com

Rain Rain Rain

A NEW REASON

She's Only Happy In The Sun

PRESS RELEASE:
ROBERT RANKIN WALKER 
THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN

In reference to his album THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, veteran record and concert producer ROBERT RANKIN WALKER has been asked this question a lot, “Why Now?”  Why after so many years is he recording an album?

“I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some of the best in the business for many years now but every time I’ve had the least bit of inspiration for my own music, I would write a song or two and then never record them. Most songs I just let die on the vine.”

In 2018, out of nowhere, Robert had a sudden desire to write again. “I’d been listening a lot to artists such as Ben Harper, Donavon Frankenreiter, City And Colour and Roxy Music. I decided I wanted to write an album that was nothing like any of my previous work. Something lyrically challenging, meaningful and more grounded. I wrote several songs back to back and revisited some other songs that I had once jotted down or had made iPhone recordings of.”

He continues; “The more I played the new songs, the more interested I became in recording a concept album that told a story. So I changed direction. Every song on this album ties into one another one to tell a story. I picked a couple obscure covers to weave in and dropped the older songs altogether.”

The resulting THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN, explores the complex nature of emotional conflict, loss, pain, guilt, mis-understandings and ultimately, redemption. The longing for more than this in an often confusing, conflicted world.

Having already lived what seems like several lifetimes, ROBERT RANKIN WALKER says on the album, he can “toss a few.” His album, THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN is available on streaming services such as: Spotify, Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Google Music, Amazon Music, Napster, Pandora and YouTube as well as on physical CD with expanded artwork and liner notes.

Details and to order the album go to: www.heyday.com

Engineered & Produced by Craig Randall (Craig Randall Music)
Stream the album or get the CD at: www.heyday.com

She's Only Happy In The Sun (Single) From the album: The Sun Machine Is Coming Down

Melodic and painfully optimistic, Guilt For Dreaming is the 4th single from American singer - singer-songwriter Robert Rankin Walker's concept album: The Sun Machine Is Coming Down.

Guilt For Dreaming (Single) From the album: The Sun Machine Is Coming Down

Baja Moon:

Last year, I was inspired to write a new album which became “The Sun Machine Is Coming Down.” A story of emotional conflict, desire and ultimately moving on. We’ve all been there. It’s a dark area. To move on from that album, I wrote a song called "Baja Moon."  It’s about rediscovering old desires and surrounding yourself in strange, yet familiar territories.

I headed south again, back to that Baja Moon known as Baja California. It was incredible. I found a secluded beach about 15 min outside of San Felipe. Perfect because I could cruise into the town for fish tacos, shrimp cocktail, Tecate beer, etc.  I was the only person on the beach. THE. ONLY. PERSON.  I wrote some new songs that will eventually be on the next album and perfected my Baja Moon song.  We just finished recording and here it is.

Ah, Baja California. I used to live there, surf there, play shows there and get lost there.

Having slept on beaches, alleys, under bridges and at strangers’ houses all while hitchhiking from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas. It sounds romantic but it wasn’t all fun. Adventure isn’t meant to be all fun. I don’t hitchhike anymore, but I do sleep on the empty beaches and drive the lonesome roads.

The goal of this solo trip? To explore Baja, surf some (only on the Pacific side) and write some new songs for yet another future album.

The Sun Machine Is Coming Down was the first set of new songs I had officially released since the days of my alternative rock band, Caffeine.

I’m excited, inspired again and fueled to write something meaningful (if only to me). I’m not writing for anyone else, I’m writing for me but I do appreciate those of you who do listen to my music and for those of you who it’s made an impact on.

Create memories. Actual connections with people and places. Even if only short-lived. That’s more important than material things. Memories shape us.

Cheers and love to my family and friends from of the past, present and future.

If you’re still with me...here are the lyrics for Baja Moon:

BAJA MOON - 2019 Lyrics

Letting go, It’s better left unsaid
It’s not the consequences 
That stay within my head
There’s a place that I go
That always cheers me up
Desert Sun, Ocean Sky, Baja Moon
Grow a beard
Guilt for dreaming
Forget the rain rain rain
Cause she ain’t listening
Here I am
I’ll get there soon
I’m going south
To the Baja Moon
I’m going south where the desert meets the sky
We’ll all float on to a slow dance and a lie
Take me away where my confession is not a price
Take me away, take me away, take me away…
I’m going south, to a much more interesting life
Back to nowhere, when you weren’t trying to hide
Take me away from the conflict in my mind
Take me away, take me away, take me away…
Instrumental
Well, I’ve got my board
And I’ve got my six-string
Relationships, they’re all history
Now there’s nothing, left for me to do
‘cept travel south…to the Baja Moon
Por Fin, No hay nada mas que hacer
Menos viajar a la LUNA BAJA

Baja Moon

ROBERT RANKIN WALKER is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, concert producer and lol - “accidental” actor, having played the major role in the Emmy nominated “Your Keys Or Your Life” commercial in 2020. 

His album THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN is out now on streaming services such as; Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, etc.. The album explores the complex nature of unreciprocated love, loss, pain, guilt, mis-understandings and ultimately, redemption.  

On this track, "Nowhere Girl,"  Robert re-interprets this obscure 80's classic into a delicate, acoustic-guitar/synth-led ballad.

For live shows, he plays an eclectic mix of his original songs as well as select popular and obscure covers.

Robert Rankin Walker

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