Outside Left Praises The Skill and Complexity of Driveway Ceiling

Posted on Nov 2, 2026
Outside Left Praises The Skill and Complexity of Driveway Ceiling

Outside Left is into Driveway Ceiling‘s Death of the Walden Newspaper Co., which has been released physically via Independent Project Records. The near-concept album is “all very, very, clever and superbly done. The album weaves its way via surf pop (‘Sleepy River Dawn’, ‘Leisure Time’), 60’s indie rock/garage (‘impressive distances’), psychedelia (‘Beeline’) and even touches of grunge (‘Disgust’, ‘Smoking Again’) and 60’s experimentalism (‘Smoking Again’) through to the final track ‘Obituary’ where Mr Walden has expired from puffing away at too many cigars. The final piano note hangs in the air.  Over the 15 tracks (many short) we are taken on a journey, with… skill and complexity…”

Read more here, and get the album on the air now.

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