Art Schop’s new album O Friends feels like Martin Walker, the mastermind behind the project, has opened a long-sealed journal. Structured like a five-part symphony, it drifts through memories of pivotal friendships, shifting between whispered confession and restless improvisation. Unlike his earlier, more distanced work, these pieces lean into vulnerability, letting guitar shivers and gentle piano lines say what language can’t.
Echoes of the philosophical storytelling found in The Fifth Hammer remain, but here Martin trades grand inquiry for emotional presence. The result is a dreamlike, deeply human listen that captures how relationships evolve, fracture, and quietly shape us over decades. Their impact lingers in subtle, surprising ways long after.
Check out O Friends below.
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