The Walkmen show that there's life after Dylan

The influence of Bob Dylan has been writ large across rock music for over 40 years, and never more apparent than in the vocals of his followers. It's that unmistakable switch between bark and drawl – a long, fluctuating, nasal note suddenly descending to the throat or hiccuping mid-phrase. The odd thing is that, on record, Dylan has rarely sounded like this for years. But others have, and still do. And many of these acolytes have perhaps been too painfully in thrall to their master to hav...

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