Figure Walking

Figure Walking

Figure Walking is a Winnipeg-based group centred on Greg MacPherson’s songwriting and Rob Gardiner’s drumming. The pair work in a post-punk style that combines social criticism, dance rhythms, electric guitar and narrative detail.

Overview

The band presents itself as a response to contemporary social and political conditions, with songs that focus on injustice, inequality and reconciliation. Their sound is built around MacPherson’s writing and Gardiner’s steady, driving percussion, and it uses big ideas alongside dance beats and storytelling.

The Big Other

The Big Other is one of the band’s key releases. It includes “Victorious”, described as a scathing political anthem and a direct response to injustice, as well as “Submarines” and “Spring Thaw”, which are jagged post-punk tracks designed to move. “Blue World” uses aquatic guitar textures, bass lines and expansive soundscapes to suggest hope and possibility, while “Singapore” explores desire and romance through a striking, surreal image-set. The closing track, “Funeral”, ends with gang vocals that call for celebration and dancing as a way of making sense of events.

Greg MacPherson

MacPherson is also a solo artist and a former G7 Welcoming Committee Records recording artist. His solo albums Mr. Invitation and Fireball are both nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.