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Hear 'Keep The Car Running,' An Ingratiating Pop-Rock Corker From Silver Torches

Erik Walters specializes in smart and melancholy Americana, complete with weapons-grade hooks.
Silver Torches' new album, <em>Let It Be a Dream</em>, comes out Oct. 6.

Recording under the name Silver Torches, Seattle singer-songwriter Erik Walters specializes in smart and melancholy Americana — the sort of stuff that ought to or late-period . Like those singers, Walters is incredibly adept at sharpening weapons-grade hooks in ways that help his songs for months on end.

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