The album's immaculately crafted but timelessly vital sound provides a prime backdrop for Walker's storytelling, an element that endlessly blurs the lines between fable-like fiction and personal revelation. "I learned a long time ago that writing from a character's perspective let's me examine things about myself without ever feeling too self-conscious about it," he points out. Closely informed by the tremendous loss he suffered in recent years, See You Next Time emerges as the most powerful work to date from an extraordinarily gifted songwriter, imbued with equal parts weary pragmatism and the kind of unabashedly romantic spirit that defies all cynicism. "There's not a lot of pretension at a honky-tonk, and there's much more interaction than in other bars-you see a lot less people on their phones," says Walker. "We're there to talk to other humans, put a song on the jukebox and dance with a stranger, get to know your bartender and tell them all your problems. I really wanted to capture that feeling on this record-I want everyone to feel like they know all these characters, and that they're somehow better understood because these songs exist."
Side A
1 Dallas Lights 3:57
2 Three Strikes 3:43
3 Cowboy 3:03
4 Sexy After Dark 3:50
5 Flash Paper 3:41
Side B
1 Fossil Fuel 3:42
2 Dumpster Diving 2:30
3 Gas Station Roses 3:17
4 Welface Chet 2:48
5 See You Next Time 2:47