Alicia Walter

Known for her “near-cosmic voice” (WIRED) and “stratosphere of songwriting all her own” (Consequence of Sound), Alicia Walter is a New York-based vocalist, composer, and performing artist who first gained attention as founder of the Chicago-based art-pop group, Oshwa. Her debut LP I Am Alicia (Sooper Records 09/17/21) is a bold retelling of Walter’s self-discovery that encourages the listener’s own story to take root in its universal truths; a soundtrack to get you up and over life’s hurdles when feeling like you are your only cheerleader.

Embracing influences spanning from jazz and the classic composition of American standards to hip-hop and new wave to build her own brand of eclecti-pop, Walter paves a path toward actualization, acceptance and love that is fearless in its sound and lyrics. I Am Alicia invites you into the most dynamic iteration of her world as she knows it. Inspired by a life on the move and born from a restless passion for creation, the album is part practice in personal mythology, part call to “set yourself free” and join Walter on her odyssey. What developed in a time of intense change as she relocated from Chicago to New York City in 2016, where the only constant was the time spent with herself, the artist sees this 10-track collection as “a hero’s journey through the unconscious, driven by my desire to experience who it is I am, inside, and what it is I do in this life, outside.” The accompanying arrangements utilize a kitchen sink approach to production, spanning the poles from electronic to orchestral and everything in between (like talk box and tap dancing!).

Walter produced the LP with Devin Greenwood (Sufjan Stevens, Norah Jones, Steve Reich), and it was mastered by Heba Kadry (Bjork, Mars Volta, Alex G). For fans of Bjork, Fiona Apple and Tune Yards.