The Evening Visits....And Stays For Years
1985
Rough Trade
Peter Milton Walsh lived an itinerant life before recording The Apartments’ debut album – starting out in Brisbane, as part of The Go-Betweens’ circle of friends, he’d move from Brisbane to Sydney, then New York, then a stint touring as a member of Laughing Clowns, before eventually landing in London, where he’d make The Evening Visits. It marks Walsh out as a songwriter dealing in detached observation, a reserve extended to the palate of the album – autumnal guitars, weeping strings, Walsh’s winnowing voice. Yet there’s something steely about songs like “Sunset Hotel” and “Speechless With Tuesday” – cool and collected, they refuse to shift their gaze.
– Jon Dale
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