Walt McClements / 14.08 / The Glad Cafe, Glasgow

Name: Walt McClements / 14.08 / The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
Start: 2025-08-14T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-14T22:30:00+01:00
Location: 1006a Pollokshaws Road, G41 2HG Glasgow, United Kingdom

Schedule

Thu Aug 14 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

1006a Pollokshaws Road, G41 2HG Glasgow, United Kingdom | Glasgow, SC

Walt McClements is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record, “A Hole in the Fence” was released in 2021 on American Dreams, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions processed through pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record, and first for Western Vinyl, “On a Painted Ocean”, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths, droning pipe organs, and spirited horns, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last year’s “Rain on the Road”, a collaborative album with Harpist Mary Lattimore, released on Thrill Jockey.

Prior to releasing music under his own name, McClements had been a touring member of Weyes Blood, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Dark Dark Dark, as well as leading New Orleans art-punk brass ensemble Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? and one man band Lonesome Leash.
Upcoming record On a Painted Ocean will be out April 2025 on Western Vinyl.