photo via Dead Oceans on Twitter

In case you missed, it, singer-songwriter and Twitter champion Ryley Walker recently released his new LP The Lillywhite Sessions—a full-album cover of the lost turn-of-the-century Dave Matthews Band collection of the same name—and apparently Matthews himself is quite the fan of the new record.

In post to the DMB Facebook page earlier today, Matthews notes when he initially encountered Walker’s version of his tracks: “The first time I heard Ryley’s cover of the Lilywhite Sessions [sic], I was in a record store. I didn’t recognize it. Then I heard the words…” Matthews goes on to praise the originality of Walker’s creation, calling it “much more than a cover record.”

“It’s all its own. A beautiful new collection. A tipped hat, maybe,” he writes. “It stands alone. If you didn’t know what inspired it, it wouldn’t matter. It’s all Ryley Walker and it’s badass.”

Matthews, who ends his note by announcing that he now owns Walker’s entire catalog, actually met his fellow singer-songwriter earlier this month, as Walker’s label Dead Oceans posted a photo of Matthews, Walker and members of his band, and DMB drummer Cater Beauford holding a vinyl copy of Walker’s Lillywhite Sessions.

Listen to Walker’s version of Matthews’ tunes below.

(h/t SPIN)