ARCHIVED 2020- The Andrew Ginsberg Show S1-- Dustin Cole Hayes from Walter Etc.

2025-02-01

Walter Etc. is the brainchild of Dustin Cole Hayes, who has been creating music (originally as Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra), writings, videos, and art between Southern California and Portland, OR for over a decade. He co-runs the label and art collective Making New Enemies with Milk Flud, and has worked alongside Jeff Rosenstock and Ian Farmer (Slaughter Beach, Dog/Modern Baseball) in the studio. Walter's newest album "There There" (self released via Making New Enemies, May 7th 2021) showcases the...

Walter Etc. is the brainchild of Dustin Cole Hayes, who has been creating music (originally as Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra), writings, videos, and art between Southern California and Portland, OR for over a decade. He co-runs the label and art collective Making New Enemies with Milk Flud, and has worked alongside Jeff Rosenstock and Ian Farmer (Slaughter Beach, Dog/Modern Baseball) in the studio.

Walter's newest album "There There" (self released via Making New Enemies, May 7th 2021) showcases the band's return to a home-recorded and self-produced approach.

On this episode of the Real People Podcast, I sit down with Dustin aka Walter and talk about the new album. We discuss Haye's gift for lyricism, DIY ethos, and Dustin's evolution as a songwriter over the last decade.

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