Trespassers William
Country of origin:
U.S.
Type of music generally:
Ethereal, ambient, alt-folk
Status:
Most recent release, Cast (2012)
See also:
Trespassers William's Facebook pageWikipedia's entry on Trespassers William
Anna-Lynne Williams has recorded under the name Lotte Kestner and collaborated with Ross Simonini on a side project, Tunnel-Tunnel. Matt Brown has recorded solo albums under the name Disinterested. Nathan Skolrud also recorded as a solo artist.
Comparisons:
Mazzy Star, The Sundays, Low
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
a Sundays-ish band with some very haunting songs. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Recommended first album:
Different Stars or Having
Recordings:
- Anchor (1999)
- Different Stars (2004)
- Having (2006)
- Noble House EP (2007)
- Different Stars B-Sides EP (online, 2008)
- The Natural Order of Things (EP, 2009)
- Cast (2012)
Different Stars
Release info:
2004—Nettwerk—0 6700 30390 2 4
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Highly recommended
Group members:
Anna-Lynne Williams—vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Matt Brown—keyboards, bass guitar, electric guitar
Ross Simonini—piano
Jamie Williams—drums, percussion
Josh Gordon—bass
Trinidad Sanchez III—bass
Guest artists:
Justin Schier—piano, Wurlitzer
Produced by:
Trespassers William
Comments:
Shoegazing Alt Country, like Mazzy Star. Melancholy and beautiful. (ethereal_lad@livejournal.com)
Having
Release info:
2006—Nettwerk—0 6700 30467 2
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Highly recommended
Group members:
Anna-Lynne Williams
Matt Brown
Ross Simonini
Jamie Williams
Guest artists:
Josh Neuman—cello
Paris Hurley—violin
Produced by:
Trespassers William, Dave Fridmann
Comments:
Having evokes a desert landscape in its sound. Open spaces, arid guitar-lines, the heatwaves of effects/pedals/delays and Anna-Lynne Williams' hazy, just-below the horizon vocals. Though often lumped in with the "dreampop" movement, their melancholic sound reminds one more of the slo-core merchants Low wedded to the desultory countrified psychedelica of Mazzy Star. Williams' voice sounds like Aimee Mann's; but her delivery recalls the whispery way Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies sings. Her singing is like a tumbleweed across the illusory, dry landscapes of the music. (ethereal_lad@livejournal.com)
Further info:
Trespassers William covered "Love Is Blindness" for Even Better Than The Real Thing: A Tribute to U2 (2001) and Suzanne Vega's "Left of Center" for Isn't She Still...The Pretty In Pink Soundtrack Revisited (2000).
Thanks to JoAnn Whetsell for work on this entry.
