Plucky Walker
» The Herring brother that grew up on krylon and shelltoes.
As strange as it was to find out Sam Herring of Future Islands had a rap alter-ego named Hemlock Ernst, I could barely believe my ears when his brother Joel Herring contacted me under his super-rapping moniker Plucky Walker.
The Herrings are some talented siblings. Plucky Walker raps like he grew up on Sauce Money, R.A. The Rugged Man and Latyrx, instead of synth-pop and Joe Cocker. He's gruff and complex, which somewhat reminds me of Ft. Wayne's Sankofa. Plucky Walker is a style technician as he flexes an uncanny ability to deliver rapid-fire rap precision and pump the breaks for a sung chorus. It's as though he employs the same vocal tools his brother has honed, but it's ingrained in the boom and the bap.
Raw Story is a collection of songs Plucky brought on the road to paint a solid portrait of an artist breaking from the embryonic stages. Respectfully the collection jacks beats from Black Milk, Jake One, Thes One, Oddissee and Dr. Who? Dat to name a few - proving Walker has exceptional and humble taste in producers. Truthfully, he's only a few steps away in rap networking from potentially receiving a beat to call his own from this list. On "Escaping Into The Pages" and "Take Some Bread On The Road, Son" Walker raps like I wish Lyrics Born still brought it.
Plucky and his brother Hemlock Ernst have a rap duo called Flesh Epic, which I cannot wait to hear. The duo just wrapped a tour with Height With Friends.
Download Raw Story here.
Plucky Walker, "Streetsleeper"
Plucky Walker, "Escaping Into The Pages"
Plucky Walker, "The Phenomenon of Crime"
Posted on September 09, 2010. More on: plucky walker, future islands, height with friends, baltimore, rap dragons, raw story, sam herring
