Abandoned Pools
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Abandoned Pools is the performing name for singer-songwriter and musician Tommy Walter, as well as the name of the band in which he plays. He began playing music at a young age, first with the bass guitar and then the French horn. He attended University of Southern California, followed by the Pacific University. Teaching classical music theory, Walter began working with various Los Angeles-area musicians. Walter soon began working with a singer-songwriter who went by E and drummer Butch Norton as The Eels. After a promising debut, Walter left the band due to differences with E. He formed a short-lived band, Tely, who released a CD that was distributed on the internet. He was also in the touring band for the Ken Andrews solo project ON, though in the end the band saw little touring. Later ... he went on to form Abandoned Pools and recorded a solo album, Humanistic, in 2001. Humanistic actually features a couple of songs that were once performed by Tely, like "Start Over." In 2002 they performed the theme song for the short-lived MTV animated series Clone High. Many of their songs can be heard in the background during the show. Walter teamed up with drummer Bryan Head and guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme in 2004 to record Armed to the Teeth, the follow up to Humanistic. In June 2005 they released an EP, consisting of a few songs from the new album along with b-sides and demos, called The Reverb EP. This was followed by the full album in September 2005. In January 2006, Walter wrote in his blog that Universal Records had stopped promoting the album. However, he has included several song snippets on his MySpace and has said he is writing songs for a new album. During March 2010 Walter announced via twitter that he would enter the studio to work on a third Abandoned Pools album after five years of hiatus. In mid-May 2011, via the Abandoned Pools myspace page, two new songs, "Marigold" and "In Silence" from the upcoming album were made available at http://lqprecords.bandcamp.com/ for streaming and download "in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire", as well as a full length demo of the first album, "Humanistic." In early June a full album from Tommy's side project, "Oliver the Penguin", entitled "Button Pusher" was made available for streaming and download in the same fashion as the others.
Updated Aug 09 2011 3:52 PM
Updated Aug 09 2011 3:52 PM
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angel love this song!2 years ago about "The Remedy" via Absolute Alternative
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respira Years later and I still can't get enough of this song!
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SpeedshifterNC reminds me of Nirvana for some reason
