It's been a whirlwind few years for Chicago ex-pat & our friend Ryley Walker. After years of battling addiction, he managed to get clean while being almost nakedly open about his experience in interviews. Free of his label, Ryler decided to spend his down time while he couldn't tour by starting a new label to host his music & music made by his friends. Ryley seems to be almost reborn & "Course In Fable" might be his strongest & most unique album yet. He's pretty open about his love of British prog on his hilarious Twitter posts & there's a lot of influence from prog legends GENESIS, the Canterbury Scene & 90s indie rockers like Jim O'Rourke. The album was recorded by another former Chicagoan, John McEntire of TORTOISE/SEA & CAKE et al. Congrats to Ryley & his bright future! RECOMMENDED.