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Chris Walla

Musical career

Early Bands

While in high school, Chris was in a short lived band called The Wallflowers, not to be confused with The Wallflowers (of California), and an early member of the Seattle, Washington band The Long Winters.

Death Cab for Cutie

Main article: Death Cab for Cutie

At the time when Death Cab for Cutie was only considered a solo project of Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla contributed vocals for four of the tracks on the album You Can Play These Songs with Chords, as well as electric guitar. Walla was subsequently recruited as a full member of the band along with Nick Harmer and Nathan Good. Good subsequently left the band in 2000, replaced by new drummer Michael Schorr - he too left, in 2003, and the band's third and incumbent drummer, Jason McGerr, stepped in.

Solo projects

Walla has a solo project called Martin Youth Auxiliary. Most of these releases, however, have never been fully exposed to the general public. Under this name, one cassette was recorded and released in 1999 on Elsinor Records; only several dozen copies were made. Walla has been claiming that he will release a new MYA record for about four years. Recently he announced that in 2007 he will release an album under this name on Barsuk Records, the previous home of Death Cab for Cutie and many of the bands Walla has worked with or produced. MYA shows are very rare as well, however, they are almost always recorded.

Walla announced on his site that he would be releasing a new solo album in 2007 and Barsuk Records agreed to release the album, entitled Field Manual. The album was initially set for release in March 2007 but was subsequently delayed until January 2008. Field Manual was finally released on January 29, 2008. Barsuk has made the track "Sing Again" from Field Manual available for free download from their website. Field Manual reportedly contains two tracks that were left off Death Cab for Cutie's album Plans.

Alberta Court

Chris Walla has also founded his own recording studio located within his home in Portland, Oregon named the Alberta Court. Not to be confused with the recording studio, the Hall of Justice, which is where Death Cab has recorded several songs and where Chris did most of his work before building the Alberta court.

Discography

As musician

Solo

As Martin Youth Auxiliary

Martin Youth Auxiliary (1999, Elsinor)

As Chris Walla

Field Manual (2008, Barsuk)

With Death Cab for Cutie

Main article: Death Cab for Cutie discography

Studio albums

Something About Airplanes (1998, Barsuk)

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000, Barsuk)

The Photo Album (2001, Barsuk)

You Can Play These Songs with Chords (2002 re-release, Barsuk)

Transatlanticism (2003, Barsuk)

Plans (2005, Atlantic)

Narrow Stairs (2008, Atlantic)

Other credits

The Long Winters, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm (2002, Barsuk) - Guitar, Bass, Baritone, Hammond, Harmony Vocals, Drum Kit, Trap Kit, Melodihorn

The Postal Service, Give Up (2003, Sub Pop) - Guitar, Keyboards

The Long Winters, When I Pretend to Fall (2003, Barsuk) - Guitar

Rocky Votolato, Light and Sound (2003, Second Nature) - Electric Guitar, Bass

Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club, Goodbye, My 4-Track (2003, Pandacide Records) - Guitar

Travis Morrison, Travistan (2004, Barsuk) - Organ, Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Xylophone, Melodica, Drum Machine

The Decemberists, Picaresque (2005, Kill Rock Stars) - Electric Guitar

Nada Surf, The Weight Is a Gift (2005, Barsuk) - Guitar, Keyboards

The Long Winters, Putting the Days to Bed (2006, Barsuk) - Guitar, Piano

The Decemberists, The Crane Wife (2006, Capitol) - Keyboards, Background Vocals

Tegan and Sara, The Con (2007, Sire) - Guitars, Keyboards, Organ, Shakers, Cymbals, Tiny Guitars, Bass

Tegan and Sara, Sainthood (2009, Sire) - Bass

As producer

In addition to the Death Cab for Cutie discography and his solo discography, Walla assisted in the production of the following albums:

Red Shirt Brigade, Home of the Cannon Saints (2001, Suburban Sprawl Music) - Production, Engineering, Mixing

Carissa's Wierd, Songs About Leaving (2002, Sad Robot) - Production, Mixing

The Long Winters, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm (2002, Barsuk) - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Tape Splicing

The Velvet Teen, Out of the Fierce Parade (2002, Slowdance) - Production, Engineering

Hot Hot Heat, Knock Knock Knock (EP) (2002, Sub Pop) - Production, Engineering

Hot Hot Heat, Make Up The Breakdown (2002, Sub Pop) - Mixing, Engineering

The Postal Service, Give Up (2003, Sub Pop) - Production

The Thermals, More Parts per Million (2003, Sub Pop) - Mixing

The Long Winters, When I Pretend to Fall (2003, Barsuk) - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Mixing Advisor, Recording

The Thermals, Fuckin A (2004, Sub Pop) - Engineering

Travis Morrison, Travistan (2004, Barsuk) - Production, Sampling

The Decemberists, Picaresque (2005, Kill Rock Stars) - Production, Mixing

Nada Surf, The Weight Is a Gift (2005, Barsuk) - Production, Engineering, Photography

The Decemberists, The Crane Wife (2006, Capitol) - Production, Mixing

Tegan and Sara, The Con (2007, Sire) - Production

So Many Dynamos, The Loud Wars (2009, Vagrant) - Production

Telekinesis, Telekinesis! (2009, Merge Records) - Production

Tegan and Sara, Sainthood (2009, Sire) - Production

References

^ HOJ Words

^ Chris Walla / Barsuk Records

^ Death Cab For Cutie star preps solo album | News | NME.COM

External links

20 Questions to Christopher Walla from 2000.

Hall of Justice Recording

Review of Chris Walla's "Field Manual" 1

Review of Chris walla's "Field Manual" 2

Chris Walla interview, Jan. 2008

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Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard  Nick Harmer  Jason McGerr  Chris Walla

Nathan Good  Michael Schorr

Albums

Something About Airplanes  We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes  The Photo Album  Transatlanticism  Plans  Narrow Stairs

Other

You Can Play These Songs with Chords  iTunes Originals

EPs

The Forbidden Love EP  The Stability EP  Studio X Sessions EP  The John Byrd EP  The Open Door EP

Singles

"Your Bruise"  "Prove My Hypotheses"  "Stability"  "A Movie Script Ending"  "I Was a Kaleidoscope"  "We Laugh Indoors"  "The New Year"  "The Sound of Settling"  "Title and Registration"  "Soul Meets Body"  "Crooked Teeth"  "I Will Follow You into the Dark"  "I Will Possess Your Heart"  "Cath..."  "No Sunlight"  "Grapevine Fires"  "Little Bribes"  "Meet Me on the Equinox"

Filmography

Drive Well, Sleep Carefully (2005)  Directions: The Plans Video Album (2006)

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