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Monday Morning Pick-Me-Up: Chris Walla’s Return

Plus, the Sounders fell the Timbers.

Seth Sommerfeld
Author: Seth Sommerfeld
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WALLA WALLA

It’s been almost a year since Chris Walla’s final performance with Death Cab for Cutie, and last week the musician and producer finally unveiled his latest musical endeavor. On October 16, he’ll release Tape Loops, his second solo album. It’s a 5-song record of atmospheric instrumental music that relies heavily on manually manipulating analog tape. Via a conversation with Sara Quin (of Tegan and Sara) in Interview, Walla shared”Kanta’s Theme”—the first track from Tape Loops—and discussed the new music, his recent move from Seattle to Norway (!), and his departure from Death Cab. 

THE SOUND OF FALLING TIMBER

It wasn’t exactly pretty, but the Seattle Sounders picked up a huge win against the rival Portland Timbers on Sunday at CenturyLink Field. Despite the defense and goalie Stefan Frei facing constant pressure, the the home team prevailed thanks to two less than aesthetically pleasing goals. The first came via a cluster scrum in the Timbers’ box that saw Obafemi Martins cleaning up the mess, and the second arrived via a Brad Evans penalty kick after a somewhat questionable foul when Timbers goalie Adam Kwarasey couldn’t get out of the way of a run by Martins. But hey, goals are goals, and the win keeps the Sounders on the positive side of the MLS Western Conference playoff race.

GOOD TWEETS OF THE WEEK

These are good tweets, y’all…

EXCITING MEANINGLESSNESS

The Seahawks finally won a preseason game! (Stop burning your 12 jerseys in the street accordingly.) While I again stress that NFL preseason games are garbage sporting events that only really exist so owners can squeeze their fans for full price tickets to see future practice squad players slam into each other, the closest thing these fake football contests can offer to a real game is pressure kicking situations. To that end, Seahawks fans were rather overjoyed when Steven Hauschka nailed a 60-yard field goal with seconds remaining to clinch a 16-15 victory over the Chargers on Saturday.  




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Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.