Walnut Whales
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| Walnut Whales | ||||
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Indie folk, contemporary folk, folk rock | |||
| Length | 36:15 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Producer | Noah Georgeson, Joanna Newsom | |||
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Walnut Whales is the self-distributed debut EP by American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom.[1] It was released in 2002[2] and sold in limited numbers in CD-R format.[3][4] All tracks on the record, except for "Erin", "Flying a Kite", and "The Fray", were later re-recorded and released on Newsom's debut studio album The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004), with minor lyrical changes.[3][4] The EP has been described as indie folk, contemporary folk,[5] and folk rock.[6]
The title of the EP was inspired by the 1975 children's book "Snips and Snails and Walnut Whales: Nature Crafts for Children", by Phyllis Fiarotta.[2][7][8]
