photo by Evan Jenkins

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Ryley Walker has announced his next album, a reimagining of Dave Matthews Band’s lost album The Lillywhite Sessions, will be released on November 16 via Dead Oceans.

DMB originally recorded The Lillywhite Sessions—named by fans after its producer Steve Lillywhite—in 1998 and ’99, intending to release it in late 2000. The project was ultimately scrapped by he band’s label, but leaks of the tracks made their way onto the internet in 2001. DMB released a wholly different album, Everyday, that same year, before returning to the studio to rerecord many of the Lillywhite Sessions tracks for 2002’s Busted Stuff.

In a press release, Walker’s longtime love of Dave Matthews Band is referred to as a “deep secret” that is “a key component of his musical core.”

Listen to Walker’s reimagining of lead track “Busted Stuff” below, and pre-order his version of The Lillywhite Sessions here.

The Lillywhite Sessions Tracklist:

1. Busted Stuff
2. Grey Street
3. Diggin’ A Ditch
4. Sweet Up And Down
5. JTR
6. Big Eyed Fish
7. Grace Is Gone
8. Captain
9. Bartender
10. Monkey Man
11. Kit Kat Jam
12. Raven