Events for April 21, 2006
TRESSPASSERS WILLIAM - FREE INSTORE
7:00pmJudging by the success of bands like Eeyore and the Piglets and the Heffalumps, choosing one’s name from an obscure reference in a Winnie the Pooh book is far from an obvious choice for a band. Happily for all of us, Trespassers William isn’t an obvious band. Hailing from just down the road in Naples (at least that’s when we met them) the Trespassers latest release, Having - which is their 3rd, sees the band moving to a new plateau; grander sonic landscapes provide the foundation for the dreamy, delicate vocals that have become the band's hallmark. The combination is the perfect compliment to dimmed lights and head dancing. The new album, Having, was produced by Dave Friedmann, who has worked with Sparklehorse, the Flaming Lips, and Mercury Rev, and engineered by Greg Calbi, who has twisted the knobs for Interpol, Eno, and Dylan. The band will be playing live on KCRW, April 21st in the 11:00 am hour. For the unfamiliar, samples are available at their myspace page
Some recent press:
"Singer Anna-Lynne Williams has one of those crystal-clear voices made up of shyness, loneliness and quiet despair, while her band dream up the kind of space country that might have sound tracked 'Twin Peaks: The Comedown Years'. -NME
"Trespassers William draft warm songs in a cold world. Dreamy melancholy ripples across the lonely stillness of this Southern California band's psychedelic folk-pop."- M. Myers (KEXP)
"...her voice is immediately lovable and her inconsolable world-weariness completely convincing. Moving, even. Each song unfolds through a swathe of reverb and allows Anna-Lynne acres of space to express her woes with quiet dignity. File alongside Red House Painters, another band all too aware of the terrifying beauty of sadness."_- Rock Sound
“Dreamy soundscapes are still the band's hallmark, but there is an edginess and new textural complexity here that gives the songs added depth. The music is brash in its quietness. There is genuine tension between singer/songwriter Anna-Lynne Williams' soft voice and the crashing peaks of sound that emerge from the humming, buzzing ether on songs such as "I Don't Mind." … There is a post-modern sensibility here that splits the difference between '90s U2 and singer Suzanne Vega's more rhythmically experimental works. Quiet has never been this loud or this compelling." - The Evansville Courier Press
"Somewhere between Mazzy Star and Doves, Trespasssers William fit snuggly. But there is a spacious beauty to them that never really yields to the more pop-oriented leanings of the previous two Trespassers William get an A in all respects. It’s the right music for a troubled heart that needs to go through the motions." - Transform Online