Oliver Walker is a singer-songwriter, producer, and rapper from the United Kingdom. His debut album, Home, releases on August 2nd, 2024. Along with the music available on Spotify and Apple Music, Oliver has also released three mixtapes and countless singles via Soundcloud and YouTube.
Oliver began releasing music in the fall of 2020 with the mixtape “The Older I Get”, which was comprised of original songs as well as remixes of famous hip-hop tracks. The mixtape was “the first act” of a trilogy, which Oliver dubbed the “Gone Too Soon…” trilogy of mixtapes. After the positive response to the mixtape, Oliver released a series of singles, two of which had features from Marceli.
Eventually, he released his second mixtape, Conversations, in mid-2021. “Conversations” took a more melodic approach compared to his previous effort, though the influences of Kanye’s early flows could still be heard on a number of tracks. After just under a year of sparse single releases and production credits, Oliver returned in 2022 with his third mixtape, “Since Last Year”.
Since Last Year, stylized as S.L.Y, was his biggest project yet with a number of features from fellow U.K. artists as well as people overseas. S.L.Y marked the ending of the trilogy. S.L.Y demonstrated the evolution that Oliver Walker’s music had gone through over the past three years.
In late 2022, Oliver returned with “Hendrix”, the beginning of a new era. Hendrix was produced by Oliver Walker and featured Andrew Wells, someone Oliver met via Instagram. Alongside the release of Hendrix was the announcement of a new EP, titled WALKER AND FRIENDS.
And sure enough, two months later, in December 2022, Oliver released WALKER AND FRIENDS. Six songs, all featuring different people from across the world. Among the tracklist was the previously mentioned Hendrix (feat. Andrew Wells), and Oliver’s most successful song to this day, Never Fold (feat. Tennisboywill). Oliver also joined forces with Lil Fleem, Kingnoahly, No Hate More Love, Lil Shmooo, Rarebowy, and Ryxn on the EP.
2023 was a busy year with Oliver, not just for music. He released a number of short films and music videos on YouTube and his own website, The Forever Archive. He released a number of EPs, some exclusive to YouTube and Soundcloud, like YAMRUS, and some were made available everywhere, like For Another Day.
For Another Day is a collection of demos taken from the recording sessions for his debut album. Three of the songs are covers, made to inspire Oliver in his own writing and recording process. Alone Here and Oliver’s cover of Clay Pigeons both received a great response and were the two most popular songs from the EP.
In September of 2023, Oliver released the single SMILE WITH ME, which acted as the prelude to his next EP, TEETH, which is Oliver’s most fully realized project to date. TEETH consists of six tracks, which flow neatly into each other. The EP explores politics and themes of growing up and leaving home for the first time. Oliver performed the TEETH EP live at Katzpace in October 2023.
Oliver also formed and acts as half of the indie-alternative duo “SILKLANDMINE”, alongside Eillions, who are making silent but impressive steps in the underground world. SILKLANDMINE also released their debut album. A mix between Dean Blunt’s raw and experimental aesthetic and Alex G’s LoFi vibe, “Napalm Love Story” is a glimpse inside a broken relationship while straying away from the cliches of the topic found in a lot of music today. The album was released in September 2023, the same week they performed the entire project live at Servant Jazz Quarters.
In May 2024, Oliver Walker announced YOU SOUND DUMB, the lead single from his debut album, Home. On June 14th, the song was released on all platforms. Produced by Oliver, the song focuses on right-wing politics, the hypocrisy and stupidity of “anti-woke” comedians, politicians, and celebrities, as well as the fragility of people’s morals online. You Sound Dumb is just one piece of a larger puzzle, Home. Home, the debut album, was released August 2nd, 2024.