Yikes Almighty [LP] - Vinyl

Walter Mitty And His Makeshift Orchestra - Yikes Almighty [LP]

Of all the ways for a cult band to rise out of a decade ofsilence, Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestrachose to send their fans on a real life treasure hunt fortheir new album, “Yikes Almighty”. The album, acalming existential crisis set to children’s toyinstruments, was dubbed to a single cassette and buriedin a cave in the California desert. The band released acryptic video that served as the treasure map with themessage “if you find it, we will release it.”Though the bedroom folk punk outfit has not releasedmusic in 11 years, in actuality they have beenconsistently releasing and touring under theirgenre-defying umbrella name, Walter Etc. When askedwhy the band is split into two identities, singer /songwriter, Walter himself, Dustin Cole Hayes,responded “my life is already such a mess, I decided I’dkeep adding to the chaos.” It is Hayes’scut-your-own-ear-off artistic sincerity that has made theWalter-verse fertile grounds for such strong mythologyand deep connections.“Yikes Almighty” recounts a year of Hayes’s houselessnomadic wandering, searching for home and stability,both physically and philosophically.