Former Walkmen/Jonathan Fire*Eater member Walter Martin will release a new solo album, The Bear, which will be out March 25 via Ile Flottante Music. "I don't think I've had the nerve to be this honest, this autobiographical before," says Martin. "But more than anything I've ever written, these songs explain who I am and why I make this stuff." The album features appearances by Eric D. Johnson and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman), Minari composer Emile Mosseri, Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers, Matt Berninger), drummer Josh Adams (Beck, Devendra Banhart), and keyboardist/producer Sam Kassirer, who also mixed the album.
The first single from the album is its ramblin' title track. "This song was inspired by the myth of a blind bear on my road," stated Walter. "It's an autobiographical story about trying to find hope and magic in an increasingly dark world."