Timothy William "TW" Walsh (born January 26, 1975 in

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, United States) is an American

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, mixing engineer and

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. In August 2003, Walsh officially joined

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, led by

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. He had been occasionally been playing live with the band and contributing to recordings since 2000. The two would also collaborate on Bazan's

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project. Walsh was, aside from Bazan, the only other official member of Pedro the Lion, and was heavily involved in the recording of Pedro the Lion's ''

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''. Citing personal and financial reasons, Walsh left both projects in late 2005, after which Bazan retired the Pedro the Lion moniker. In 2009 Walsh mixed and mastered Bazan's ''

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'' album, and has worked on several Bazan releases since. After Pedro the Lion Walsh formed the Soft Drugs, featuring percussionist Jason Cammarata, bass player Ken Maiuri, guitar player Michael Murray, and guitar and keyboard player John Beck of Emergency Music. The band released two EPs, ''In Moderation'' (2006) and ''Get Back – Side A'' (2008). The nine songs from the two EPs were later reissued on a single album, ''The Soft Drugs'', released in 2013. Walsh has released six solo albums since 1999, and a handful of EPs and singles. Walsh also provided musical, mastering and production assistance for other artists, including Sufjan Stevens—for whom he mastered '' All Delighted People, Planetarium, Carrie and Lowell Live'' and '' The Age of Adz''— Starflyer 59,

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, and nearly 1,000 others. Walsh formed a new band called

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with longtime friends

, Jason Martin (of

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), and

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. They released their debut record on Barsuk in July 2017.

Discography

Albums

* ''How We Spend Our Days'' (Made in Mexico, 1999) * ''Blue Laws'' (Atavistic Records, 2001) * ''Songs of Pain and Leisure'' (Graveface Records, 2011) * ''Fruitless Research'' (Graveface, 2016) * ''Terrible Freedom'' (Tower of Song, 2017)

EPs

* ''Pollensongs'' (My Pal God Records, 2002) * ''Daylight'' (2022) With the Soft Drugs * ''In Moderation'' (EP, 2006) * ''Get Back - Side A'' (EP, 2008) * ''The Soft Drugs'' (Tower of Song, 2013)

References

External links

TW Walsh's Official Web Site
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