Deep Fried Grandeur is a collaborative live album by American musician Ryley Walker and Japanese band Kikagaku Moyo.
[1] Containing just two tracks totaling over 36 minutes, Deep Fried Grandeur consists entirely of improvised jamming, with minor editing done by Cooper Crain, who is credited as producer.
Ryan Leas of Stereogum called the album a "nice reminder" of the "uniquely live experience" of the improvised jams present in both Walker's and Kikagaku Moyo's shows.
[3] Writing for Jambands, Kristopher Weiss stated that while the album is "not for everyone", he considered it "a sonic adventure worth taking" and called it "a batch of sometimes-formless psychedelic soup that entertains in spite of itself.
[1] While he felt the album is missing the "back-pocket compass of the best semi-rehearsed, semi-improvised jams, the kind where you have no idea where it’s headed but still give yourself over to it", he ultimately considered the performance to be "a joy to vizualize.