Marlon Williams: Marlon Williams [ Vinyl ]

Title: Marlon Williams
Artist: Marlon Williams
Label: Dead Oceans
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 656605141213
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2016-02-19
Number of Discs: 1

Vinyl LP pressing. "Each song is a character," says Marlon Williams of his self-titled solo debut: a remarkably assured and diverse nine-track tapestry, united by one of the most versatile and evocative voices you'll hear this or any other year. "I don't really ever sing out of character. Even if it's a very personal song, once it's written it doesn't belong to me. This ability to truly inhabit his material illuminates Williams' majestic rendering of such diverse touchstones as classic orch-pop ballad "Lost Without You" and conceptual, 1974-vintage nugget "Silent Passage" (originally by Bob Carpenter, a Canadian of First Nations heritage). These covers blend seamlessly with novelistic noir standouts "Strange Things" and "Dark Child" (co-credited to childhood choral pal Tim Moore, now a palliative care nurse), which deliver gallows humor with a widescreen groove. Having been nominated for 5 New Zealand Music Awards, an Australian ARIA Award and completed sold out album release tours, this Southern Hemisphere star's eagerly awaited international release should see Marlon Williams soar.

Tracks:
1.1 Hello Miss. Lonesome
1.2 After All
1.3 Dark Child
1.4 I'm Lost Without You
1.5 Lonely Side of Her
1.6 Silent Passage
1.7 Strange Things
1.8 When I Was a Young Girl
1.9 Everyone's Got Something to Say