Martin Walker

"I don't like myself much sometimes..." so says Martin Walker, and which of us hasn't felt that way from time to time? This line strikes up the chorus to an unlikely love song recounting Walker's reaction to his wife's post-partum depression. Whereas you or I may tell no one about our self-loathing, Walker unflinchingly turns it into art. "I was afraid that you might do / what a part of me hoped you might do," Walker confesses, but with such exquisite honesty and melodic beauty that the listener feels this truth as something uplifting and supportive. Walker relieves us of some of our existential load; it's OK to feel worthless now and then, he tells us.

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