Train Leaves At Eight

The Train Leaves At Eight is in ways a very atypical Walkabouts release, the only post-1991 studio effort not featuring either Michael Wells or Terri Moeller, but this spiritual sequel to Satisfied Mind, exchanging that album’s focus on generally American songs for specifically European ones, is also one of their most remarkable. While acts like Neu!, Jacques Brel, Solex and Scott Walker have a wider fame, it’s the selections of more regional legends like Luis Llach and Mikis Theodorakis that make this string-swept and moody collection all the more intriguing.