REVIEW: Walk The Whale – ‘Walk The Whale’

On their debut full-length, Walk the Whale step into the light with a collection of songs that feel as emotionally weighty as they are musically untethered. It’s a record carves out its own lane, stitching together fragments of alternative rock, chamber folk, and classic psychedelia into something intimate and expansive all at once.

The duo at the helm share a clear kinship here, not just in harmony but in intention. Each track on ‘Walk the Whale’ feels like the result of long conversations and quiet revelations. You can hear the years they spent apart, the tension of what-if’s, and the liberation of finally answering them.

What’s striking is how organic the songs sound despite the duo’s classical background. Sure, their training comes through in the layered arrangements, but none of it feels clinical. There’s a looseness, a playfulness even, that breathes life into the compositions. Pianos swirl without pretence, guitars crunch without excess, and lyrics cut to the quick without ever overstating their pain.

At its core, this is a record about burden and release. The heavy things we all carry are unpacked track by track with sincerity. One moment you’re lulled into reflection by warm acoustic textures, the next you’re swept into a storm of melodic dissonance. But it all feels purposeful.

And through it all, there’s the unmistakable sense that the pair have finally granted themselves permission. Permission to create without apology. To say what they mean. To write the songs they always wished existed. That sense of freedom is both palpable and contagious.

‘Walk the Whale’ introduces a new way of blending the studied with the spontaneous, the cerebral with the gut-wrenching. It’s a quietly ambitious debut, and it signals the start of something worth following wherever it leads next.