Lonnie Walker - Easy Easy Easy Easy LP

As a kid, Brian Corum enjoyed exploring the basement at his grandparents’ house to see what kind of trouble he could find. Most of the time it would be things like trash bags full of trash bags or decades old sodas and snacks. But occasionally, he would stumble upon the rare treasures he knew weren’t meant to be seen. Something adult and perverted, guns, hidden money, things that seemed nefarious. Recalling that feeling of lurking in those clandestine corners, “Basement of Love” is about self sabotage through paranoia. Anxious, plaintive lyrics set against crunchy, strummy, almost-sunny electric guitars underscore 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. Corum formed North Carolina indie rock band Lonnie Walker in 2006 while he was still a student at East Carolina University. After filling o