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When Dustin Cole Hayes’s folk punk band <a href="spotify:artist:1iuJNmtyZVJxHVrnosRipw" data-name="Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra">Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra</a> took a break in 2015, he disappeared in Portland, OR and his bandmates returned to normal lives. In 2017 he reemerged with a new moniker and sound called Walter Etc. The debut Wetc. LP was a notable evolution from WMAHMO, an electric “emo surf” album entitled “Gloom Cruise” and produced by <a href="spotify:artist:0wNZvrIMNUCs24G0wFg2D6" data-name="Jeff Rosenstock">Jeff Rosenstock</a>.
Since “Gloom Cruise” Walter Etc. has consistently added to the Walter canon, each with its own identity and vibe. Whether it’s 2020’s bitingly honest break-up concept album“Dark Comedy Performance Piece of My Life”, 2021’s serene and nature inspired “There There” or 2023’s nineties punk homage “When the Band Breaks Up Again”, Hayes, his lifelong drummer Kris Schobert and their bandmates have crafted a Walter-verse that is at worst a confusing mess, and at best, a room of your own.
Right now Walter and the gang are most active under the <a href="spotify:artist:1iuJNmtyZVJxHVrnosRipw" data-name="Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra">Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra</a> moniker with the release of 2025's "Yikes Almighty" album, and are also releasing music, videos, and more through their Making New Enemies art collective.
Since “Gloom Cruise” Walter Etc. has consistently added to the Walter canon, each with its own identity and vibe. Whether it’s 2020’s bitingly honest break-up concept album“Dark Comedy Performance Piece of My Life”, 2021’s serene and nature inspired “There There” or 2023’s nineties punk homage “When the Band Breaks Up Again”, Hayes, his lifelong drummer Kris Schobert and their bandmates have crafted a Walter-verse that is at worst a confusing mess, and at best, a room of your own.
Right now Walter and the gang are most active under the <a href="spotify:artist:1iuJNmtyZVJxHVrnosRipw" data-name="Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra">Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra</a> moniker with the release of 2025's "Yikes Almighty" album, and are also releasing music, videos, and more through their Making New Enemies art collective.
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