Lonnie Walker Premieres Their Nostalgic Single & Music Video “Basement of Love”

After a long time away, Lonnie Walker has found their way back to what they do best, and today you get a gander with the premiere of their new “Basement of Love” music video. The song is off the band’s new album Easy Easy Easy Easy, due out July 12th via Sleepy Cat Records. The video has a retro, almost homemade look and feel, representing the song’s atmosphere and feeling.

That retro feel is no surprise, considering the song’s subject matter. “Basement of Love” was inspired by frontman Brian Corum’s experiences as a child. Like any other curious kid, he would rummage through his grandparents’ basement to see what golden “artifacts” he could find. He mostly just found old junk, but sometimes he would come across hidden treasures. Something more adult-oriented. Or maybe it was hidden money forgotten about, guns, or more nefarious things. Recalling the feeling of lurking in these secret places, “Basement of Love” is about self-sabotage through paranoia.

Discussing the song in more detail, Corum states:

“My grandfather was a hoarder. I used to go down into the basement to see what kind of trouble I could find. Most of the time it would be things like trash bags full of trash bags, or decades-old sodas and snacks. But sometimes I would stumble upon something that I knew Nana and Pawpaw didn’t want me to see. Something adult and perverted, guns, hidden money, things that seemed nefarious.

“The song is about self-sabotage through paranoia. The fear of rejection coupled with a fear of being accepted and loved. Taking it out on the invisible stranger, the ‘just my friend’ friend. Seeing shadows in every corner because it’s easier to run sometimes. At least in the short term.”

As their first new record in five years, there’s a lot for Lonnie Walker to sort through on Easy Easy Easy Easy. The album is both raucous at times and very much personal to the experiences of Corum. Much of it draws on Corum’s experiences being swept up in the national opioid epidemic. It also focuses on his subsequent long road back to recovery and normalcy. A lot has happened in the five years since the band last released an album, and these songs are a documentation of that. The song “Funny Feelin’” is representative of that, a song Corum refers to as a “barrage of feelings.” That description could fit most songs on this record. Corum took a loose approach to recording this record, putting the tracks down live to tape on an 8-track recorder. It just so happens to suit the feeling on this album extremely well.

It’s been a bit of a winding road to get to where they are today, but Corum and his bandmates are just glad to be here.

Lonnie Walker “Basement Love” single artwork